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Description and conversion results of color #6a557d

It is a grayish violet color having an approximate luminance of 40%. It has a hue value of 272° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Chinese Violet, Pomp And Power, French Lilac, Cyber Grape, Purple Navy, English Violet, Dark Blue-gray, Razzmic Berry, Antique Fuchsia and Independence. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.

Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color #6a557d to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (106, 85, 125) #6a557d hsl (271.5, 19%, 41.2%) hsv (271.5, 32%, 49%) lab (39.7, 17, -19.3) xyz (12.9, 11, 20.9)

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

In real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.

The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.

The left side contains the reference color, while the right side shows the matched color. For each item there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy corresponding paints.

   Pantone 18-3518 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 269 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 2627 UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 310 30 30BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 310 40 30BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 310 40 35BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6982BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6832BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6981BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #6a557d respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.

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Tints

These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a grayish violet color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Mountbatten Pink, Rhythm, Purple Mountain Majesty, Glossy Grape, Heliotrope Gray, Rose Quartz, Lilac Luster, Lavender Gray, Languid Lavender, Light Periwinkle, Thistle, Ghost White, Gainsboro, Platinum and Lavender (Web).


Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a grayish violet color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to English Violet, Dark Byzantium, Japanese Violet, Eggplant, Dark Purple, Black Coffee, Raisin Black, Eigengrau, Eerie Black and Rich Black (FOGRA39).


Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a grayish violet color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Old Lavender, Chinese Violet, Pomp And Power, French Lilac, Independence, Dark Liver, English Violet, Davy's Grey, Granite Gray and Dim Gray.

Color schemes and palettes

Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.

We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.

In the following tables these color schemes are present.


Monochromatic

The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.




This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of azure, violet and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Cornflower Blue, YInMn Blue, Wild Blue Yonder, Maximum Blue Purple, English Violet, Cyber Grape, Lilac, Wisteria, Dark Byzantium, Japanese Violet and Kobi.


Complementary

The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.


This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of violet and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Pomp And Power, French Lilac, Hunter Green, Army Green, Dark Sea Green and Laurel Green.


Triadic

The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.



This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of violet, cyan and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Pomp And Power, French Lilac, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Verdigris, Green Sheen, Dark Brown, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Lion and Wood Brown.


Tetradic

The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.




This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of violet, red, green and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Pomp And Power, French Lilac, Liver (organ), Bole, Dark Salmon, Pastel Pink, Hunter Green, Army Green, Dark Sea Green, Laurel Green, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Maximum Blue and Dark Sky Blue.

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