#b3a9c9It is a bright grayish violet color having an approximate luminance of 71%. It has a hue value of 259° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Blue Bell, Glossy Grape, Rose Quartz, Heliotrope Gray, Lilac Luster, Lilac, Wild Blue Yonder, Maximum Blue Purple, Thistle and Wisteria. 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 #b3a9c9 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (179, 169, 201)
#b3a9c9
hsl (258.8, 22.9%, 72.5%)
hsv (258.8, 15.9%, 78.8%)
lab (71, 9.8, -15)
xyz (43.3, 42.2, 61.1)
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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 #b3a9c9 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 violet color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Languid Lavender, Lavender Gray, Thistle, Light Periwinkle, Lavender (Web), Ghost White, Gainsboro, Lavender Blush, Cultured, Snow 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 violet color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Rhythm, Old Lavender, Mountbatten Pink, Taupe Gray, Independence, Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Jet, Onyx, Black Coffee, Raisin Black, Eerie Black, Eigengrau 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 bright grayish violet color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Rose Quartz, Heliotrope Gray, Lilac Luster, Blue Bell, Silver (Metallic), Lavender Gray, Manatee, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Silver Chalice, Quick Silver and Gray (X11 Gray).
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, violet, magenta and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Independence, Indigo Dye, Wild Blue Yonder, Cadet Blue (Crayola), English Violet, Blue Bell, Heliotrope Gray, Eggplant, Dark Byzantium, Lilac and Lilac Luster.
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 violet and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Rhythm, Old Lavender, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green and Artichoke.
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 violet, cyan and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Rhythm, Old Lavender, MSU Green, Deep Jungle Green, Green Sheen, Cambridge Blue, Café Noir, Dark Brown, Tumbleweed and Antique Brass.
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 violet, red, green and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Rhythm, Old Lavender, Rose Ebony, Dark Liver (horses), Tuscany, Pastel Pink, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green, Artichoke, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Dark Sky Blue and Pewter Blue.
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