Description and conversion results of color #6e5238

It is a dark pastel orange color having an approximate luminance of 37%. It has a hue value of 29° indicating that this is a warm color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Tuscan Brown, Coffee, Dark Brown, Kobicha, Coyote Brown, Umber, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Raw Umber, Sepia and Field Drab. 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 #6e5238 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

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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.

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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 #6e5238 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 orange color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Liver Chestnut, Beaver, Shadow, French Beige, Grullo, Khaki (Web), Silver Pink, Pale Silver, Silver (Crayola), Silver, Gray (X11 Gray), Platinum, Timberwolf, Isabelline and Alabaster.

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 orange color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Café Noir, Dark Lava, Taupe, Bistre, Black Chocolate, Eerie Black, Raisin Black, Smoky Black 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 orange color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Tuscan Brown, Coffee, Umber, Dark Brown, Liver, Davy's Grey, Dark Liver, Dark Lava and Granite 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 warm colors. There are variants of red, orange and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Bole, Rose Ebony, Pastel Pink, Tuscany, Dark Brown, Café Noir, Tan, Desert, Olive Drab 7, Army Green, Ecru and Sand.

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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Liver Chestnut, French Bistre, Indigo Dye, Blue Sapphire, Iceberg and Dark Sky Blue.

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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, violet and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Liver Chestnut, French Bistre, English Violet, Cyber Grape, Glossy Grape, Lilac, Deep Jungle Green, Blue-green (color Wheel), Green Sheen and Verdigris.

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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, green, azure and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Liver Chestnut, French Bistre, Brunswick Green, English Green, Cambridge Blue, Dark Sea Green, Indigo Dye, Blue Sapphire, Iceberg, Dark Sky Blue, Dark Byzantium, Eggplant, Lilac and Pink Lavender.

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