Description and conversion results of color #6b2486

It is a dark pastel violet color having an approximate luminance of 30%. It has a hue value of 283° indicating that this is a cold color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Eminence, Maximum Purple, Rebecca Purple, Patriarch, Purple (Web), Midnight, KSU Purple, Mardi Gras, Blue-violet (color Wheel) and Dark Magenta. 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 #6b2486 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

The rgb, hexadecimal and hsl values can be used in webpages to define the colors of different objects. You can select a value easily by clicking on it.

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.

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Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #6b2486 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 dark pastel 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 Purpureus, Purple Plum, French Lilac, Pomp And Power, African Violet, Opera Mauve, Glossy Grape, Purple Mountain Majesty, Pink Lavender, Lilac, Thistle, Wisteria, Pale Purple (Pantone), Languid Lavender, Lavender (Web) and Queen Pink.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark pastel 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 Blue-violet (color Wheel), Russian Violet, Midnight, Spanish Violet, Dark Purple, Japanese Violet, Palatinate Purple, Space Cadet, Eigengrau, Raisin Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39) and Black.

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark pastel 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 Eminence, Maximum Purple, Midnight, Palatinate Purple, Japanese Violet, English Violet, Cyber Grape, Dark Byzantium, Eggplant, Dark Liver and Black Coffee.

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, blue, violet, magenta and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Cobalt Blue, Dark Cornflower Blue, Maximum Blue Purple, Cornflower Blue, Eminence, Maximum Purple, Bright Lilac, Violet (Web), Pansy Purple, Flirt, Persian Pink and Hot Pink.

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 Purple Plum, Purpureus, Lincoln Green, Dark Green (X11), Bud Green and Mantis.

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 Purple Plum, Purpureus, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Green Sheen, Verdigris, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Field Drab, Earth Yellow and Sunray.

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, orange, green, cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Purple Plum, Purpureus, Kobe, Sienna, Strawberry Blonde, Coral, Lincoln Green, Dark Green (X11), Bud Green, Mantis, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Dark Sky Blue and Maximum Blue.

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