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Description and conversion results of color #a4b6bd

It is a bright grayish azure color having an approximate luminance of 73%. It has a hue value of 197° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Pewter Blue, Cadet Grey, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Silver Sand, Silver Chalice, Gray (X11 Gray), Ash Gray, Silver, Quick Silver and Dark Sky Blue. 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 #a4b6bd to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (164, 182, 189) #a4b6bd hsl (196.8, 15.9%, 69.2%) hsv (196.8, 13.2%, 74.1%) lab (72.9, -4.7, -5.7) xyz (41.2, 45, 54.7)

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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 2176 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 5517 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 7542 CBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 230 70 10BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 180-MBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 240 70 10BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6226BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7601BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9146BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #a4b6bd 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 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 Silver Sand, Pale Aqua, Beau Blue, Silver, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Platinum, Alice Blue, Cultured, White, Baby Powder and Isabelline.


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 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, Light Slate Gray, Gray (Web), Battleship Grey, Black Coral, Davy's Grey, Granite Gray, Cadet, Onyx, Outer Space (Crayola), Jet, Gunmetal, Eerie Black, Raisin Black, Eigengrau and Charleston 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 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 Silver Sand, Cadet Grey, Silver Chalice, Gray (X11 Gray), Quick Silver 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 cold colors. There are variants of cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Slate Gray, Outer Space (Crayola), Pewter Blue, Morning Blue, Charcoal, Cadet Grey, Gunmetal and Cadet Blue (Crayola).


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 orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Slate Gray, Cadet, Dark Lava, Taupe, Silver Pink and Black Shadows.


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, yellow and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Slate Gray, Cadet, Black Olive, Rifle Green, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver, Dark Liver (horses), Black Shadows and Silver Pink.


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, magenta, orange and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Slate Gray, Cadet, Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Black Shadows, Heliotrope Gray, Dark Lava, Taupe, Silver Pink, Rifle Green, Black Olive, Ash Gray and Morning Blue.

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