#a859a8It is a pastel magenta color having an approximate luminance of 50%. It has a hue value of 300° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Purpureus, Purple Plum, Fuchsia (Crayola), Pearly Purple, Byzantine, Medium Orchid, Mulberry (Crayola), Red-violet (Crayola), Razzmic Berry and French Lilac. 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 #a859a8 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (168, 89, 168)
#a859a8
hsl (300, 31.2%, 50.4%)
hsv (300, 47%, 65.9%)
lab (49.9, 44, -28.7)
xyz (26.8, 18.3, 39.2)
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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 #a859a8 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 pastel magenta color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to African Violet, Opera Mauve, Sky Magenta, Middle Purple, Lilac, Plum (Web), Orchid (Crayola), Pink Lavender, Thistle, Queen Pink, Pink Lace, Lavender Blush, Pale Purple (Pantone), Lavender (Web) and Piggy Pink.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel magenta color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Plum, Razzmic Berry, Maximum Purple, Violet (crayola), Japanese Violet, English Violet, Dark Byzantium, Palatinate Purple, Dark Purple, Eigengrau, Raisin Black, Eerie Black 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 pastel magenta color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to French Lilac, Pomp And Power, Antique Fuchsia, Chinese Violet, Mountbatten Pink, Old Lavender, Rocket Metallic, Taupe Gray and Sonic Silver.
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 and warm colors. There are variants of blue, magenta and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue (pigment), Dark Slate Blue, Maximum Blue Purple, Blue Bell, Midnight, Maximum Purple, Violet (Web), Bright Lilac, Pansy Purple, Jazzberry Jam, Tickle Me Pink and Persian Pink.
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 magenta and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Purpureus, Purple Plum, Forest Green (Traditional), UP Forest Green, Paris Green and Emerald.
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 magenta, cyan, yellow and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Purpureus, Purple Plum, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Deep Jungle Green, Maximum Blue Green, Verdigris, Field Drab, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Satin Sheen Gold and Gold (metallic).
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 magenta, orange, green, cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Purpureus, Purple Plum, Chocolate (Traditional), Russet, Atomic Tangerine, Persian Orange, Forest Green (Traditional), UP Forest Green, Paris Green, Emerald, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Blue Sapphire, Maximum Blue and Cyan (Process).
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