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Description and conversion results of color Cadet Blue (Crayola)

It is a bright grayish azure color having an approximate luminance of 72%. It has a hue value of 219° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Light Steel Blue, Wild Blue Yonder, Lavender Gray, Silver (Metallic), Cadet Grey, Light Periwinkle, Manatee, Periwinkle (Crayola), Silver Chalice and Silver Sand. 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 Cadet Blue (Crayola) to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (169, 178, 195) #a9b2c3 hsl (219.2, 17.8%, 71.4%) hsv (219.2, 13.3%, 76.5%) lab (72.4, 0.3, -9.7) xyz (42.1, 44.2, 57.9)

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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 7543 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 4274 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 428 UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 270 70 10BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 170-2BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 280 70 10BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6535BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6240BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6241BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to Cadet Blue (Crayola) 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 Lavender Gray, Light Periwinkle, Periwinkle (Crayola), Light Gray, Gainsboro, Platinum, Alice Blue, Cultured, White and Ghost 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, Slate Gray, Light Slate Gray, Gray (Web), Black Coral, Davy's Grey, Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Onyx, Jet, Gunmetal, Outer Space (Crayola), Eerie Black, Raisin 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 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 Silver (Metallic), Lavender Gray, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver and Gray (X11 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 azure and violet colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Pewter Blue, Cadet Grey, Gunmetal, Dark Liver, Independence, Manatee and Heliotrope Gray.


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, Taupe, Dark Lava, Grullo and Khaki (Web).


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, Morning Blue, Ash Gray, Dark Liver (horses), Liver, Silver Pink and Black Shadows.


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, red, orange and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Slate Gray, Light Slate Gray, Dark Liver (horses), Dark Liver, Silver Pink, Black Shadows, Taupe, Dark Lava, Grullo, Khaki (Web), Dark Slate Gray, MSU Green, Morning Blue and Opal.

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