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Description and conversion results of color #a8b7ce

It is a bright grayish azure color having an approximate luminance of 74%. It has a hue value of 216° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Cadet Blue (Crayola), Light Steel Blue, Wild Blue Yonder, Periwinkle (Crayola), Light Periwinkle, Pale Cerulean, Cadet Grey, Lavender Gray, Baby Blue Eyes and Pale Aqua. 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 #a8b7ce to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (168, 183, 206) #a8b7ce hsl (216.3, 27.9%, 73.3%) hsv (216.3, 18.4%, 80.8%) lab (74, -0.3, -13.4) xyz (44.2, 46.6, 65.1)

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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 14-4115 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 14-4112 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 536 UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 270 70 15BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 270 70 10BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 260 70 15BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6808BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9066BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6815BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #a8b7ce 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 Periwinkle (Crayola), Light Periwinkle, Light Steel Blue, Lavender Gray, Pale Aqua, Beau Blue, Alice Blue, Gainsboro, Ghost White, Platinum, Cultured and White.


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 Roman Silver, Light Slate Gray, Slate Gray, Shadow Blue, Black Coral, Payne's Grey, Dark Electric Blue, Cadet, Onyx, Gunmetal, Charcoal, Jet, Eerie Black, Raisin Black, Eigengrau and Rich Black (FOGRA29).


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 Cadet Blue (Crayola), Light Steel Blue, Lavender Gray, Light Periwinkle, Silver (Metallic), Silver Sand, Gray (X11 Gray) 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.




This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of azure and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Pewter Blue, Cadet Grey, Independence, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Dark Liver, Wild Blue Yonder and Manatee.


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, Light Slate Gray, Olive Drab 7, Taupe, Khaki (Web) and Grullo.


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, green and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Slate Gray, Light Slate Gray, Kombu Green, Rifle Green, Cambridge Blue, Morning Blue, Dark Liver (horses), Rose Ebony, Tuscany 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, rose, orange, cyan and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Slate Gray, Light Slate Gray, Eggplant, Rose Ebony, Tuscany, Lilac Luster, Olive Drab 7, Taupe, Khaki (Web), Grullo, Dark Slate Gray, MSU Green, Morning Blue and Opal.

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