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Description and conversion results of color #8c8c92

It is a gray color having an approximate luminance of 58%. It has a hue value of 240° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Taupe Gray, Roman Silver, Spanish Gray, Battleship Grey, Old Silver, Gray (Web), Manatee, Rocket Metallic, Middle Grey 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 #8c8c92 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (140, 140, 146) #8c8c92 hsl (240, 2.7%, 56.1%) hsv (240, 4.1%, 57.3%) lab (58.4, 1.2, -3.2) xyz (25.4, 26.4, 31)

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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 2332 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone Cool Gray 9 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 17-3802 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 000 60 00BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 000 55 00BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 7046BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9153BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9156BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7670BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #8c8c92 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 Silver (Metallic), Quick Silver, Silver Chalice, Spanish Gray, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Silver Sand, Lavender Gray, 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, Sonic Silver, Nickel, Davy's Grey, Dark Liver, Onyx, Charcoal, Jet, Gunmetal, Raisin Black, Eerie Black, Smoky 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 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 Taupe Gray, Spanish Gray, Old Silver and Battleship 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 azure and gray colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Onyx, Silver (Metallic), Silver Chalice, Dark Liver and Davy's Grey.


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, Gray (Web), 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.



This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of gray, green and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Gray (Web), Black Olive, Onyx, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Lava and Taupe.


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 gray, red and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Gray (Web), Dark Liver, Taupe, Silver (Metallic), Silver Chalice, Black Olive, Davy's Grey, Quick Silver, Outer Space (Crayola) and Onyx.

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