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Description and conversion results of color #ab8d8a

It is a bright grayish red color having an approximate luminance of 61%. It has a hue value of indicating that this is a warm color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Rosy Brown, Tuscany, Cinereous, Burnished Brown, Beaver, Old Rose, Rocket Metallic, Lilac Luster, English Lavender and Heliotrope Gray. 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 #ab8d8a to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (171, 141, 138) #ab8d8a hsl (5.5, 16.4%, 60.6%) hsv (5.5, 19.3%, 67.1%) lab (61.3, 10.8, 5.8) xyz (30.9, 29.5, 28.1)

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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 4088 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 4725 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 7614 UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 340-2BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 480-MBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 4009BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9077BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9078BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9079BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #ab8d8a 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 red color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Silver Pink, Black Shadows, Tuscany, Pale Silver, Silver (Crayola), Timberwolf, Gainsboro, Light Gray, Isabelline, Snow, Cultured and Platinum.


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 red color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to Deep Taupe, Old Lavender, Rose Taupe, Copper Rose, Dark Liver, Liver, Umber, Dark Liver (horses), Black Coffee, Old Burgundy, Jet, Taupe, Eerie Black, Smoky Black, Raisin Black and Black Chocolate.


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 red color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Cinereous, Tuscany, Rosy Brown, Rocket Metallic, Taupe Gray, Spanish Gray, Middle Grey and Old Silver.

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 colors. There are variants of rose, red and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Eggplant, Rose Ebony, Tuscany, Silver Pink, Dark Liver (horses), Taupe and Grullo.


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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of red and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Burnished Brown, Cinereous, Dark Slate Gray, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Pewter Blue and Opal.


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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of red, azure and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Burnished Brown, Cinereous, Charcoal, Independence, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Cadet Grey, Kombu Green, Rifle Green, Morning Blue and Cambridge 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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of red, yellow, cyan and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Burnished Brown, Cinereous, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green, Ash Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Pewter Blue, Opal, Independence, Dark Liver, Manatee and Rose Quartz.

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