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Description and conversion results of color #6aa0b4

It is a pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 63%. It has a hue value of 196° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Maximum Blue, Air Superiority Blue, Pewter Blue, Pacific Blue, Blue-green, Cerulean (Crayola), Cerulean Frost, Cadet Blue, Iceberg and Carolina Blue. 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 #6aa0b4 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (106, 160, 180) #6aa0b4 hsl (196.2, 33%, 56.1%) hsv (196.2, 41.1%, 70.6%) lab (62.9, -12.5, -16) xyz (26.8, 31.5, 47.9)

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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 16-4519 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 549 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 2219 UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 660-MBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 670-MBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 680-1BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9062BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6802BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6501BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #6aa0b4 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 pastel azure color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Dark Sky Blue, Pewter Blue, Pale Cerulean, Light Cornflower Blue, Beau Blue, Pale Aqua, Columbia Blue, Light Blue, Gainsboro, Alice Blue, Cultured, Azure (X11/web Color) and Platinum.


Shades

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


This color scale contains similar colors to Teal Blue, Cadet, Ming, Deep Space Sparkle, Charcoal, Dark Slate Gray, Gunmetal, Outer Space (Crayola), Charleston Green, Onyx, Eerie Black, Rich Black (FOGRA29) and Dark Jungle Green.


Tones

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


This color scale contains similar colors to Pewter Blue, Air Superiority Blue, Cadet Grey, Maximum Blue, Light Slate Gray, Spanish Gray, Quick Silver and Silver (Metallic).

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 cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Green Sheen, Cadet Blue, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Dark Sky Blue, Pewter Blue, Indigo Dye, YInMn Blue, Iceberg and Air Superiority Blue.


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 and warm colors. There are variants of azure and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Teal Blue, Ming, Dark Liver (horses), Tuscan Brown, Tumbleweed and Antique Brass.


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 azure, yellow and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Teal Blue, Ming, Rifle Green, Army Green, Sage, Laurel Green, Eggplant, Old Mauve, Kobi and Puce.


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 azure, magenta, orange and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Teal Blue, Ming, English Violet, Dark Byzantium, Lilac, Glossy Grape, Dark Liver (horses), Tuscan Brown, Tumbleweed, Antique Brass, Kombu Green, Hunter Green, Laurel Green and Dark Sea Green.

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