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Description and conversion results of color #838690

It is a grayish blue color having an approximate luminance of 56%. It has a hue value of 226° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Roman Silver, Taupe Gray, Gray (Web), Light Slate Gray, Slate Gray, Old Silver, Battleship Grey, Manatee, Shadow Blue and Cool Grey. 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 #838690 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (131, 134, 144) #838690 hsl (226.2, 5.5%, 53.9%) hsv (226.2, 9%, 56.5%) lab (56, 1, -5.7) xyz (22.9, 23.9, 29.8)

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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 Cool Gray 10 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 424 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone Cool Gray 11 UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 280 50 05BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 7046BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 580-MBUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6256BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6249BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9156BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #838690 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 blue 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, Manatee, Silver Chalice, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver Sand, Silver, Lavender Gray, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Timberwolf, Cultured, Platinum 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 blue 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, Black Coral, Davy's Grey, Dark Liver, Charcoal, Onyx, Jet, Gunmetal, Raisin Black, Eerie Black, Smoky Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39) 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 blue color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Roman Silver, Gray (Web), Taupe Gray, Battleship Grey, Old Silver and Middle 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 colors. There are variants of azure and violet colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Onyx, Cadet Grey, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Silver (Metallic), Dark Liver, Davy's Grey and Black Shadows.


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 blue and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Slate Gray, Black Olive, Taupe, Silver Chalice and Quick Silver.


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 blue, green, orange and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Slate Gray, Black Olive, Outer Space (Crayola), Ash Gray, Morning Blue, Dark Lava, Taupe, Black Shadows and Silver Pink.


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 blue, red, yellow and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Slate Gray, Dark Liver, Dark Liver (horses), Black Shadows, Silver Pink, Black Olive, Taupe, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Slate Gray, Outer Space (Crayola), Ash Gray and Morning Blue.

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