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Description and conversion results of color #bcbdb6

It is a bright grayish yellow color having an approximate luminance of 76%. It has a hue value of 69° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Silver Sand, Ash Gray, Pale Silver, Silver (Crayola), Silver Chalice, Light Gray, Quick Silver and Timberwolf. 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 #bcbdb6 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (188, 189, 182) #bcbdb6 hsl (68.6, 5%, 72.7%) hsv (68.6, 3.7%, 74.1%) lab (76.4, -1.6, 3.4) xyz (47.4, 50.5, 51.5)

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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 4177 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 413 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 413 UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 7044BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 850-1BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 830-1BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7065BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 2850BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7658BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #bcbdb6 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 Light Gray, Timberwolf, Silver, Silver Sand, Gainsboro, Platinum, Isabelline, Alabaster, 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 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 Battleship Grey, Old Silver, Middle Grey, Gray (Web), Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Davy's Grey, Nickel, Black Olive, Onyx, Jet, Outer Space (Crayola), Eerie Black, Raisin Black, Black Chocolate 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 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 Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Silver Sand, Pale Silver 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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, green and gray colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Black Olive, Davy's Grey, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver and Onyx.


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.


There are variants of the gray color in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver (Metallic) and Silver Chalice.


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 gray, red and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Silver (Metallic), Black Shadows, Charcoal, Onyx, Silver Chalice and Quick Silver.


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 gray, cyan and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Nickel, Sonic Silver, Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver (Metallic), Dark Lava and Black Shadows.

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