#838388It is a gray color having an approximate luminance of 55%. It has a hue value of 240° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Gray (Web), Taupe Gray, Battleship Grey, Old Silver, Roman Silver, Rocket Metallic, Sonic Silver, Middle Grey, Spanish Gray and Nickel. A little below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color #838388 to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.
rgb(131, 131, 136)#838388hsl(240, 2.1%, 52.4%)hsv(240, 3.7%, 53.3%)lab(54.9, 1, -2.7)xyz(21.9, 22.8, 26.5)The hexadecimal, RGB and HSL values can be used in CSS files to define colors of different objects. Select a value easily by clicking on it!
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.
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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 #838388 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 Silver (Metallic), Quick Silver, Spanish Gray, Silver Chalice, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Silver Sand, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Timberwolf, Cultured, Platinum and Isabelline.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base #838388 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 Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Davy's Grey, Black Coral, Dark Liver, Onyx, Jet, Raisin Black, Charleston Green, Eerie Black, Smoky Black and Eigengrau.
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base #838388 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 Gray (Web), Battleship Grey, Old Silver and Taupe Gray.
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 azure and gray colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Onyx, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Silver (Metallic), Dark Liver and Davy's Grey.
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 and warm colors. There are variants of gray, blue and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Onyx, Jet, Gray (Web), Taupe Gray, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Black Olive, Battleship Grey, Old Silver and Timberwolf.
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 and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver (Metallic), Silver Chalice, Black Olive, Onyx, Quick Silver and Dark Lava.
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.
There are variants of the gray color in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver (Metallic), Silver Chalice, Black Olive, Onyx and Quick Silver.
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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