Description and conversion results of color Dark Slate Gray

It is a dark grayish cyan color having an approximate luminance of 31%. It has a hue value of 180° indicating that this is a cold color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Rich Black, MSU Green, Feldgrau, English Green, Brunswick Green, Deep Space Sparkle and Blue-green (color Wheel). 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 Dark Slate Gray to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

rgb(47, 79, 79)
#2f4f4f
hsl(180, 25.4%, 24.7%)
hsv(180, 40.5%, 31%)
lab(31.3, -11.7, -3.7)
xyz(5.4, 6.8, 8.4)

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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 19-5414 TPG
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Pantone 19-5320 TPG
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Pantone 19-5220 TPG
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RAL 710-6
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RAL D2 200 20 20
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RAL D2 200 30 15
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Sherwin-Williams 7623
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Sherwin-Williams 6468
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Sherwin-Williams 0064
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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 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 Dark Slate Gray color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Cadet, Steel Teal, Deep Space Sparkle, Ming, Morning Blue, Cadet Grey, Spanish Gray, Pewter Blue, Ash Gray, Silver Sand, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Gainsboro, Platinum, Light Gray and Cultured.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Dark Slate Gray color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Outer Space (Crayola), Gunmetal, Charleston Green, Dark Jungle Green, Eerie Black, Rich Black (FOGRA29), Rich Black (FOGRA39), Black and Smoky Black.

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Dark Slate Gray color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Charcoal, Feldgrau, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Outer Space (Crayola), Davy's Grey, Onyx and Black Olive.

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 Kombu Green, Rifle Green, Laurel Green, Morning Blue, MSU Green, Cambridge Blue, Deep Jungle Green, Opal, Charcoal, Pewter Blue, Cadet Grey, Indigo Dye and Cadet Blue (Crayola).

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 Rich Black, Warm Black, Steel Teal, Wintergreen Dream, Powder Blue, Crystal, Old Burgundy, Dark Liver (horses), Burnished Brown, Cinereous, Pale Pink and Queen Pink.

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 Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Opal, Morning Blue, Taupe, Dark Lava, Grullo, Khaki (Web), English Violet, Eggplant, Heliotrope Gray and Rose Quartz.

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 and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Opal, Morning Blue, Independence, Dark Liver, Wild Blue Yonder, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Rose Ebony, Dark Liver (horses), Tuscany, Silver Pink, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green and Sage.

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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