Description and conversion results of color #7a766f

It is a gray color having an approximate luminance of 50%. It has a hue value of 38° indicating that this is a warm color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Nickel, Sonic Silver, Gray (Web), Battleship Grey, Old Silver, Middle Grey, Dim Gray, Granite Gray, Rocket Metallic and Taupe Gray. A little 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 #7a766f to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

rgb(122, 118, 111)
#7a766f
hsl(38.2, 4.7%, 45.7%)
hsv(38.2, 9%, 47.8%)
lab(49.8, 0.2, 4.4)
xyz(17.4, 18.2, 17.6)

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

The most important note: 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 list contains the nearest matching standard colors. The left hexagon is the reference, the right one is the matched color. For each color there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy paints of the corresponding colors.

Pantone 2328 U
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Pantone 2329 U
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Pantone 405 U
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RAL D2 080 50 05
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RAL 850-M
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RAL D2 100 50 05
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Sherwin-Williams 7019
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Sherwin-Williams 7046
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Sherwin-Williams 2849
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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 it 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 #7a766f color. This process results a scale from a gray color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

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

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base #7a766f color. This process results a scale from a gray color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Davy's Grey, Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Liver, Black Olive, Jet, Onyx, Dark Lava, Raisin Black, Eerie Black, Smoky Black, Black Chocolate and Rich Black (FOGRA39).

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base #7a766f color. This process results a scale from a gray color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Gray (Web), Old Silver 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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of red, orange, green and gray colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Liver, Dark Lava, Black Shadows, Silver (Metallic), Taupe, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Black Olive, Onyx, Rifle Green and Ash Gray.

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, gray and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Black Olive, Jet, Middle Grey, Old Silver, Timberwolf, Light Gray, Onyx, Gunmetal, Roman Silver, Gray (Web) and Gainsboro.

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, gray and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Black Olive, Taupe, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Silver (Metallic), Black Shadows, Charcoal and Outer Space (Crayola).

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 Black Olive, Taupe, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Outer Space (Crayola), Ash Gray, Charcoal, Onyx, Silver (Metallic), Dark Liver, Black Coffee and Black Shadows.

If you want to have a more detailed control of the colors in the schemes, have a look at the Spektran application too!

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