#a4ab8bIt is a bright grayish yellow color having an approximate luminance of 69%. It has a hue value of 73° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Laurel Green, Artichoke, Sage, Misty Moss, Asparagus, Morning Blue, Cambridge Blue, Sand, Ecru and Ash Gray. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color #a4ab8b to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (164, 171, 139)
#a4ab8b
hsl (73.1, 16%, 60.8%)
hsv (73.1, 18.7%, 67.1%)
lab (68.7, -8.2, 15.7)
xyz (34.5, 38.9, 30.1)
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The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.
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Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #a4ab8b 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 grayish yellow color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Laurel Green, Ash Gray, Sage, Cambridge Blue, Bone, Eggshell, Parchment, Alabaster, Timberwolf, Platinum, Baby Powder, Isabelline and Cultured.
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 grayish yellow color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Xanadu, Artichoke, Nickel, Gold Fusion, Ebony, Rifle Green, Feldgrau, Davy's Grey, Black Olive, Pine Tree, Jet, Onyx, Black Chocolate, Eerie Black, Smoky Black and Dark Jungle Green.
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 grayish yellow color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Laurel Green, Artichoke, Sage, Ash Gray, Morning Blue, Quick Silver, Silver Chalice, Spanish Gray and Silver (Metallic).
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, green and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Olive Drab 7, Café Noir, Khaki (Web), Light French Beige, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green, Sage, English Green and Cambridge Blue.
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 colors. There are variants of yellow and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Xanadu, Gold Fusion, Independence, Purple Navy, Blue Bell and Wild Blue Yonder.
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 yellow, rose and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Xanadu, Gold Fusion, Eggplant, Old Mauve, Tuscany, Pastel Pink, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Charcoal, Dark Sky Blue 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 cold and warm colors. There are variants of yellow, cyan, blue and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Xanadu, Gold Fusion, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Cadet Blue, Green Sheen, Independence, Purple Navy, Blue Bell, Wild Blue Yonder, Rose Ebony, Dark Liver (horses), Tuscany and Pastel Pink.
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