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Description and conversion results of color #747973

It is a gray color having an approximate luminance of 50%. It has a hue value of 110° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Nickel, Sonic Silver, Gray (Web), Battleship Grey, Old Silver, Dim Gray, Middle Grey, Xanadu, Granite Gray and Taupe Gray. 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 #747973 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (116, 121, 115) #747973 hsl (110, 2.5%, 46.3%) hsv (110, 5%, 47.5%) lab (50.2, -3.1, 2.6) xyz (17.1, 18.6, 18.9)

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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 416 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 418 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 4222 CBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 140 50 05BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 120 50 05BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 830-4BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7060BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6207BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7067BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #747973 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 gray color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Spanish Gray, Quick Silver, Old Silver, Battleship Grey, Silver Chalice, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Light Gray, Timberwolf, Silver Sand, Platinum, Cultured, Gainsboro and Isabelline.


Shades

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


This color scale contains similar colors to Davy's Grey, Ebony, Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Black Olive, Onyx, Jet, Outer Space (Crayola), Charleston Green, Eerie Black, Smoky 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 gray color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Gray (Web) and Old Silver.

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 and cold colors. There are variants of yellow, gray and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Black Olive, Davy's Grey, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Rifle Green, Ash Gray and Outer Space (Crayola).


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.


There are variants of the gray color in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver (Metallic) and Silver Chalice.


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 gray, red and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Dark Liver, Dark Lava, Black Shadows, Silver (Metallic), Charcoal, Onyx and Silver Chalice.


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 gray, cyan, red and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver (Metallic) and Taupe.

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