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Description and conversion results of color #9c988e

It is a grayish orange color having an approximate luminance of 63%. It has a hue value of 43° indicating that this is a warm color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Spanish Gray, Grullo, Middle Grey, Quick Silver, Silver Chalice, Old Silver, Battleship Grey, Silver (Metallic), Gray (Web) and Taupe 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 #9c988e to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (156, 152, 142) #9c988e hsl (42.9, 6.6%, 58.4%) hsv (42.9, 9%, 61.2%) lab (62.9, -0.4, 5.8) xyz (29.8, 31.5, 30.1)

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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 Black 0961 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 402 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 8380 CBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 850-4BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 7030BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 820-MBUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9170BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7642BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7746BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #9c988e 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 orange color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Pale Silver, Silver (Crayola), Timberwolf, Gainsboro, Light Gray, Platinum, Cultured, Isabelline and Snow.


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 orange color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


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


This color scale contains similar colors to Spanish Gray, Quick Silver, Middle Grey, Grullo, Silver Chalice and Silver (Metallic).

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 green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Taupe, Dark Lava, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Black Olive and Rifle Green.


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 orange and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Charcoal, Onyx, Cadet Blue (Crayola) and Silver (Metallic).


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 orange, magenta, rose and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Black Shadows, Silver (Metallic), Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Cadet Grey and Pewter Blue.


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 orange, cyan, azure and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Dark Slate Gray, Outer Space (Crayola), Ash Gray, Morning Blue, Charcoal, Onyx, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Silver (Metallic), Dark Liver, Dark Liver (horses), Black Shadows and Silver Pink.

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