Description and conversion results of color #87949a

It is a grayish azure color having an approximate luminance of 60%. It has a hue value of 199° indicating that this is a cold color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Cadet Grey, Spanish Gray, Roman Silver, Light Slate Gray, Pewter Blue, Old Silver, Battleship Grey, Manatee, Slate Gray 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 #87949a 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 #87949a 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 azure 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 Chalice, Quick Silver, Cadet Grey, Silver (Metallic), Silver Sand, Silver, Gray (X11 Gray), Light Gray, Gainsboro, Platinum, Timberwolf, Cultured, Isabelline and White.

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

This color scale contains similar colors to Dim Gray, Granite Gray, Cadet, Black Coral, Davy's Grey, Charcoal, Onyx, Outer Space (Crayola), Jet, Gunmetal, Eerie Black, Smoky Black, Raisin Black 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 azure color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Spanish Gray, Roman Silver, Cadet Grey, 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 cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Cadet Grey, Ash Gray, Pewter Blue, Onyx, Cadet Blue (Crayola) 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.

This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of azure and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Slate Gray, Taupe, Dark Lava, Silver Pink and Black Shadows.

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 azure, yellow and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Slate Gray, Black Olive, Rifle Green, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver, Black Coffee, 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 azure, gray, orange and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Slate Gray, Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Silver (Metallic), Black Shadows, Taupe, Dark Lava, Silver Pink, Black Olive, Rifle Green, Ash Gray and Morning Blue.

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