#8b170cIt is a dark red color having an approximate luminance of 30%. It has a hue value of 5° indicating that this is a warm color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Dark Red, Maroon (Web), Barn Red, Sienna, Kobe, OU Crimson Red, Falu Red, UP Maroon, Carmine and Burnt Umber. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color #8b170c to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (139, 23, 12)
#8b170c
hsl (5.2, 84.1%, 29.6%)
hsv (5.2, 91.4%, 54.5%)
lab (29.7, 46.7, 37.7)
xyz (11, 6.1, 1)
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The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.
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Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #8b170c 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 dark red color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Deep Chestnut, Redwood, Medium Carmine, Cedar Chest, New York Pink, Middle Red, Copper (Crayola), Terra Cotta, Pastel Pink, Melon, Spanish Pink, Baby Pink, Misty Rose, Champagne Pink, Pale Pink and Unbleached Silk.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark red color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Blood Red, Barn Red, UP Maroon, Rosewood, Black Bean, Oxblood, Caput Mortuum, Dark Sienna, Smoky Black, Black Chocolate, Black 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 dark red color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Sienna, Kobe, Burnt Umber, Falu Red, Liver (organ), Bole, Caput Mortuum, Rose Ebony, Dark Liver (horses), Taupe, Dark Lava and Liver.
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 warm colors. There are variants of rose, red and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Claret, Big Dip O’ruby, Pink Sherbet, Salmon Pink, Dark Red, Maroon (Web), Salmon, Middle Red, Sepia, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Fawn and Tan (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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of red and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Cedar Chest, CG Red, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Dark Sky Blue and Maximum Blue.
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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of red, azure and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Cedar Chest, CG Red, USAFA Blue, Indigo Dye, Little Boy Blue, French Sky Blue, Castleton Green, Forest Green (Traditional), Ocean Green and Dark Sea Green.
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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of red, green, cyan and violet colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Cedar Chest, CG Red, Lincoln Green, Dark Green (X11), Bud Green, Pistachio, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Dark Sky Blue, Maximum Blue, KSU Purple, Spanish Violet, Bright Lilac and Lavender (floral).
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