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Description and conversion results of color #a8ad96

It is a bright grayish yellow color having an approximate luminance of 70%. 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, Ash Gray, Artichoke, Sage, Morning Blue, Cambridge Blue, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Sand and Ecru. 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 #a8ad96 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (168, 173, 150) #a8ad96 hsl (73, 12.3%, 63.3%) hsv (73, 13.3%, 67.8%) lab (69.8, -5.9, 11.2) xyz (36.6, 40.4, 34.7)

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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 15-6310 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 16-0110 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 452 UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 770-2BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 120 70 10BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 110 70 10BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6178BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 0066BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7741BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #a8ad96 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 Ash Gray, Laurel Green, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Timberwolf, Bone, Light Gray, Alabaster, Platinum, Gainsboro, Cultured, Isabelline and Baby Powder.


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, Nickel, Battleship Grey, Old Silver, Ebony, Feldgrau, Davy's Grey, Rifle Green, Black Olive, Jet, Onyx, Pine Tree, 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 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 Ash Gray, Laurel Green, Morning Blue, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Spanish Gray, Gray (X11 Gray) 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 and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Olive Drab 7, Taupe, Khaki (Web), Grullo, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green, Artichoke and Morning 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, Nickel, Independence, Dark Liver, Manatee 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, Nickel, Eggplant, Rose Ebony, Tuscany, Lilac Luster, Charcoal, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Pewter Blue and Cadet 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 yellow, cyan, blue and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Xanadu, Nickel, Dark Slate Gray, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Pewter Blue, Opal, Independence, Dark Liver, Manatee, Wild Blue Yonder, Dark Liver (horses), Rose Ebony, Tuscany and Silver Pink.

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