Description and conversion results of color #81555e

It is a grayish red color having an approximate luminance of 41%. It has a hue value of 348° indicating that this is a warm color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Deep Taupe, Raspberry Glace, Mauve Taupe, Rose Taupe, Tuscan Red, Rose Dust, Copper Rose, Twilight Lavender, Rose Ebony and Cordovan. 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 #81555e 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

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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 #81555e 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 grayish red color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Mountbatten Pink, Burnished Brown, English Lavender, Cinereous, Tuscany, Silver Pink, Black Shadows, Lilac Luster, Queen Pink, Pale Silver, Platinum, Lavender Blush, 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 grayish red color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Rose Ebony, Eggplant, Liver, Dark Liver (horses), Old Burgundy, Black Coffee, Raisin Black, Eerie Black, Smoky Black and Eigengrau.

Tones

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

This color scale contains similar colors to Deep Taupe, Rose Taupe, Mauve Taupe, Raspberry Glace, Liver, Rose Ebony, Old Lavender, Dark Liver, Umber, Granite Gray, Dim Gray and Davy's Grey.

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 and warm colors. There are variants of rose and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Byzantium, Eggplant, Lilac, Pink Lavender, Catawba, Tuscany, Pastel Pink, Rose Ebony and Bole.

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 red and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Raspberry Glace, Mauve Taupe, Deep Jungle Green, MSU Green, Green Sheen and Verdigris.

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 red, azure and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Raspberry Glace, Mauve Taupe, Indigo Dye, Charcoal, Dark Sky Blue, Pewter Blue, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green and Artichoke.

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 red, yellow, cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Raspberry Glace, Mauve Taupe, Olive Drab 7, Army Green, Ecru, Sand, Deep Jungle Green, MSU Green, Green Sheen, Verdigris, Independence, Dark Cornflower Blue, Wild Blue Yonder and Blue Bell.

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