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Description and conversion results of color #a09ca1

It is a bright gray color having an approximate luminance of 65%. It has a hue value of 288° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Silver (Metallic), Spanish Gray, Quick Silver, Manatee, Silver Chalice, Taupe Gray, Black Shadows, Heliotrope Gray, Rose Quartz and Roman 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 #a09ca1 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (160, 156, 161) #a09ca1 hsl (288, 2.6%, 62.2%) hsv (288, 3.1%, 63.1%) lab (64.8, 2.4, -2.1) xyz (32.8, 33.8, 38.5)

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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 16-3803 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 408 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 16-3801 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 7036BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 870-2BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 860-4BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6262BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9153BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6269BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #a09ca1 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 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), Silver Chalice, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Silver Sand, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Platinum, Timberwolf, 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 bright 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 Sonic Silver, Dim Gray, Nickel, Granite Gray, Davy's Grey, Dark Liver, Jet, Onyx, Gunmetal, Black Olive, Eerie Black, Raisin Black, Eigengrau and Smoky 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 bright 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 Spanish Gray, Silver (Metallic), Quick Silver and Silver Chalice.

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.




There are variants of the gray color in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver (Metallic) and Silver Chalice.


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, Onyx, 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, cyan and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Gray (Web), Onyx, Black Olive, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver and Davy's Grey.


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 azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Gray (Web), Dark Liver, Dark Lava, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Black Olive, Onyx and Charcoal.

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