Description and conversion results of color #cbd6d8

It is a bright grayish cyan color having an approximate luminance of 85%. It has a hue value of 189° indicating that this is a cold color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Light Gray, Gainsboro, Silver Sand, Platinum, Silver, Beau Blue, Pale Aqua, Timberwolf, Gray (X11 Gray) and Columbia Blue. A little 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 #cbd6d8 to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

The most important note: 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 list contains the nearest matching standard colors. The left hexagon is the reference, the right one is the matched color. For each color there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy paints of the corresponding colors.

PANTONE and other Pantone, Inc. trademarks are the property of Pantone, Inc., Sherwin-Williams colors are property of The Sherwin-Williams Company.

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to it 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 #cbd6d8 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 Gainsboro, Platinum, Light Gray, Alice Blue, Cultured, White, Baby Powder and Snow.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base #cbd6d8 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 Spanish Gray, Quick Silver, Cadet Grey, Silver Chalice, Nickel, Dim Gray, Granite Gray, Sonic Silver, Onyx, Black Olive, Davy's Grey, Jet, Eerie Black, Raisin Black, Charleston Green and Black Chocolate.

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base #cbd6d8 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 Light Gray, Gainsboro, Silver Sand, Platinum and Timberwolf.

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 gray, cyan, azure and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Black Olive, Onyx, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Outer Space (Crayola), Ash Gray, Charcoal, Dark Liver and Silver (Metallic).

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, gray and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Outer Space (Crayola), Gunmetal, Battleship Grey, Old Silver, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Black Coffee, Dark Lava, Rocket Metallic, Taupe Gray, Timberwolf and Pale Silver.

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

If you want to have a more detailed control of the colors in the schemes, have a look at the Spektran application too!

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