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Description and conversion results of color #87898b

It is a gray color having an approximate luminance of 57%. It has a hue value of 210° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Battleship Grey, Old Silver, Gray (Web), Taupe Gray, Middle Grey, Spanish Gray, Roman Silver, Rocket Metallic, Sonic Silver and Light Slate Gray. 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 #87898b to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (135, 137, 139) #87898b hsl (210, 1.7%, 53.7%) hsv (210, 2.9%, 54.5%) lab (57, -0.3, -1.3) xyz (23.6, 24.9, 28)

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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 8 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 8400 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 17-0000 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 000 55 00BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 7046BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 820-4BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7074BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6256BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 0077BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #87898b 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 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 Quick Silver, Silver Chalice, Silver (Metallic), Spanish Gray, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Silver Sand, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Timberwolf, Platinum, Cultured 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 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, Nickel, Onyx, Dark Liver, Black Olive, Jet, Charleston Green, Gunmetal, Eerie Black, Smoky Black, Black Chocolate and Raisin Black.


Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base 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 Old Silver, Battleship Grey, Gray (Web), Taupe Gray 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.




There are variants of the gray color in the above items, which contain similar colors to Onyx, Davy's Grey, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver and Silver (Metallic).


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.


There are variants of the gray color in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Nickel, Black Olive, Davy's Grey, 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.



There are variants of the gray color in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Nickel, Black Olive, Onyx, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver, Davy's Grey and Silver (Metallic).


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 Sonic Silver, Nickel, Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver Chalice, Silver (Metallic), Black Olive, Quick Silver and Onyx.

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