Description and conversion results of color #86968e

It is a grayish spring green color having an approximate luminance of 61%. It has a hue value of 150° indicating that this is a cold color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Morning Blue, Xanadu, Artichoke, Spanish Gray, Old Silver, Battleship Grey, Steel Teal, Quick Silver, Middle Grey and Gray (Web). 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 #86968e 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

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.

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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 #86968e 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 spring green color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Ash Gray, Morning Blue, Opal, Silver Chalice, Silver Sand, Silver, Gray (X11 Gray), Gainsboro, Light Gray, Platinum, Timberwolf, Cultured, Isabelline and Baby Powder.

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

This color scale contains similar colors to Nickel, Ebony, Feldgrau, Dim Gray, Davy's Grey, Black Olive, Onyx, Charleston Green, Outer Space (Crayola), Eerie Black, Black Chocolate, Smoky 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 spring green color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Morning Blue, Spanish Gray, Xanadu, Old Silver, Battleship Grey 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 green and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Rifle Green, Black Olive, Ash Gray, Morning Blue, Kombu Green, Dark Slate Gray, Outer Space (Crayola) and Opal.

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 green and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Xanadu, Nickel, Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Black Shadows and Silver Pink.

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 green, red and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Xanadu, Nickel, Dark Liver (horses), Dark Lava, Silver Pink, Black Shadows, Charcoal, Dark Liver, Cadet Blue (Crayola) and Manatee.

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 green, azure, rose and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Xanadu, Nickel, Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Cadet Blue (Crayola), Cadet Grey, Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Black Shadows, Silver Pink, Taupe, Dark Lava, Grullo and Silver Chalice.

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