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Description and conversion results of color #96a7ca

It is a bright pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 68%. It has a hue value of 220° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Wild Blue Yonder, Blue Bell, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Maximum Blue Purple, Cool Grey, Manatee, Light Steel Blue, Cadet Grey, Cerulean Frost and Iceberg. 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 #96a7ca to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (150, 167, 202) #96a7ca hsl (220.4, 32.9%, 69%) hsv (220.4, 25.7%, 79.2%) lab (68.3, 1.9, -19.8) xyz (37.1, 38.4, 61.3)

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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 7681 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 2134 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 15-3915 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 280 70 25BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 280 70 20BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 270 70 20BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6815BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6816BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6808BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #96a7ca 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 bright pastel 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 Light Steel Blue, Periwinkle (Crayola), Cadet Blue (Crayola), Light Periwinkle, Lavender Gray, Lavender (Web), Gainsboro, Ghost White, Cultured, Alice Blue 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 bright pastel 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 Slate Gray, Rhythm, Shadow Blue, Light Slate Gray, Black Coral, Independence, Dark Electric Blue, Payne's Grey, Onyx, Gunmetal, Jet, Charcoal, Eigengrau, Eerie Black, Raisin Black and Rich Black (FOGRA29).


Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a bright pastel 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 Wild Blue Yonder, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Manatee, Cool Grey, Cadet Grey, Silver (Metallic), Quick Silver, Silver Chalice 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 cold colors. There are variants of azure and violet colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Indigo Dye, Charcoal, Dark Sky Blue, Pewter Blue, Independence, Wild Blue Yonder, Cadet Blue (Crayola), English Violet, Blue Bell and Glossy Grape.


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 yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue Yonder, Glaucous, Olive Drab 7, Army Green, Ecru and Sand.


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, green and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue Yonder, Glaucous, Brunswick Green, English Green, Cambridge Blue, Dark Sea Green, Rose Ebony, Bole, Pastel Pink and Tuscany.


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, red, yellow and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue Yonder, Glaucous, Catawba, Eggplant, Tuscany, Pastel Pink, Olive Drab 7, Army Green, Ecru, Sand, Deep Jungle Green, MSU Green, Green Sheen and Verdigris.

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