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Description and conversion results of color #8e8d86

It is a gray color having an approximate luminance of 59%. It has a hue value of 53° indicating that this is a warm color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Middle Grey, Battleship Grey, Old Silver, Spanish Gray, Gray (Web), Taupe Gray, Quick Silver, Rocket Metallic, Grullo and Sonic Silver. 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 #8e8d86 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (142, 141, 134) #8e8d86 hsl (52.5, 3.4%, 54.1%) hsv (52.5, 5.6%, 55.7%) lab (58.5, -1, 3.9) xyz (25, 26.5, 26.4)

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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 17-0205 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 7539 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 17-0207 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 850-4BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 7030BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 840-4BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 0077BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9164BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7018BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #8e8d86 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 warmness 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, Silver (Crayola), Light Gray, Timberwolf, Gainsboro, Platinum, 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 gray color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Nickel, Sonic Silver, Davy's Grey, Black Olive, Dark Liver, Onyx, Jet, Charleston Green, 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 warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Middle Grey, Old Silver, Battleship Grey and Spanish Gray.

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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, yellow and gray colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Lava, Taupe, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Black Olive, Davy's Grey and Onyx.


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 Nickel, Sonic Silver, Dark Liver, Onyx, Silver (Metallic) and Silver Chalice.


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 gray, rose, cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Black Shadows, Silver (Metallic), Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Silver Chalice and Quick Silver.


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 gray, cyan and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Outer Space (Crayola), Charcoal, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver, Onyx, Silver (Metallic), Black Coffee and Black Shadows.

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