Description and conversion results of color #afc9cc

It is a bright grayish cyan color having an approximate luminance of 79%. It has a hue value of 186° indicating that this is a cold color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Opal, Light Blue, Crystal, Powder Blue, Ash Gray, Columbia Blue, Beau Blue, Pale Aqua, Non-photo Blue and Blizzard 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 #afc9cc to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

The rgb, hexadecimal and hsl values can be used in webpages to define the colors of different objects. You can select a value easily by clicking on it.

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.

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Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #afc9cc 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 cyan color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Columbia Blue, Light Blue, Pale Aqua, Beau Blue, Azure (X11/web Color), Gainsboro, Light Gray, Platinum, Alice Blue, Cultured, White 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 cyan color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Cadet Grey, Morning Blue, Light Slate Gray, Spanish Gray, Cadet, Deep Space Sparkle, Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Onyx, Outer Space (Crayola), Black Olive, Charcoal, Eerie Black, Charleston Green, Raisin Black and Dark Jungle 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 cyan color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Opal, Ash Gray, Silver Sand, Pale Aqua, Silver, Gray (X11 Gray) and Light Gray.

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 green, cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Slate Gray, Kombu Green, Morning Blue, Opal, Charcoal, Pewter Blue, Outer Space (Crayola) and Cadet Grey.

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 cyan and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Steel Teal, Cadet, Dark Liver (horses), Liver, 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 cyan, orange and magenta colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Steel Teal, Cadet, Taupe, Dark Lava, Grullo, Khaki (Web), Dark Liver, Eggplant, Rose Quartz and Heliotrope Gray.

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 cyan, blue, red, green and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Steel Teal, Cadet, Dark Liver, Independence, Manatee, Silver (Metallic), Dark Liver (horses), Liver, Silver Pink, Black Shadows, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Ash Gray and Laurel Green.

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