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Description and conversion results of color #856d9e

It is a grayish violet color having an approximate luminance of 50%. It has a hue value of 269° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are French Lilac, Pomp And Power, Purple Mountain Majesty, Chinese Violet, Middle Blue Purple, Rhythm, Dark Blue-gray, Antique Fuchsia, Blue-violet (Crayola) and Violet-blue (Crayola). 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 #856d9e to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (133, 109, 158) #856d9e hsl (269.4, 20.2%, 52.4%) hsv (269.4, 31%, 62%) lab (50, 19.4, -23) xyz (21.3, 18.4, 34.8)

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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 2081 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 2082 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 7677 UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 310 50 35BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 570-6BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 310 50 30BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6831BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6824BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9069BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #856d9e 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 violet color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Glossy Grape, African Violet, Lilac Luster, Rose Quartz, Thistle, Lilac, Languid Lavender, Lavender Gray, Light Periwinkle, Ghost White, Lavender (Web), Lavender Blush and Snow.


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 violet color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to English Violet, Cyber Grape, Purple Navy, Independence, Dark Byzantium, Eggplant, Japanese Violet, Raisin Black, Black Coffee, Eigengrau, Dark Purple, Eerie Black and Rich Black (FOGRA39).


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 violet color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Rhythm, Pomp And Power, French Lilac, Chinese Violet, Old Lavender, Mountbatten Pink, Rocket Metallic, Taupe Gray, Sonic Silver and Gray (Web).

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, violet and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Cornflower Blue, YInMn Blue, Wild Blue Yonder, Maximum Blue Purple, Cyber Grape, English Violet, Wisteria, Lilac, Dark Byzantium, Japanese Violet, Kobi and Orchid (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.


This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of violet and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to French Lilac, Pomp And Power, Hunter Green, Army Green, Asparagus and Olivine.


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 violet, cyan and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to French Lilac, Pomp And Power, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Verdigris, Maximum Blue Green, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Dark Brown, Desert and Camel.


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 violet, red, green and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to French Lilac, Pomp And Power, Liver (organ), Bole, Dark Salmon, Middle Red, Hunter Green, Army Green, Asparagus, Olivine, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Maximum Blue and Pacific Blue.

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