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Description and conversion results of color #3c6b86

It is a dark pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 43%. It has a hue value of 202° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Blue Sapphire, Payne's Grey, Dark Electric Blue, Queen Blue, Teal Blue, Cadet, CG Blue, Sapphire Blue, Sapphire (Crayola) and Cerulean. 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 #3c6b86 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (60, 107, 134) #3c6b86 hsl (201.9, 38.1%, 38%) hsv (201.9, 55.2%, 52.5%) lab (43.1, -7.8, -19.8) xyz (11.4, 13.2, 24.5)

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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 7469 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 7698 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 18-4225 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 250 40 25BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 230 40 25BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 250 40 20BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7607BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6516BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9149BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #3c6b86 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 dark pastel 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 Light Slate Gray, Shadow Blue, Slate Gray, Cerulean Frost, Cadet Grey, Pewter Blue, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Air Superiority Blue, Pale Aqua, Beau Blue, Light Steel Blue, Silver Sand, Alice Blue, Gainsboro, Platinum and Cultured.


Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark pastel 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 Charcoal, Blue Sapphire, Indigo Dye, Black Coral, Gunmetal, Outer Space (Crayola), Onyx, Charleston Green, Dark Jungle Green, Rich Black (FOGRA29), Eerie Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39) and 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 dark pastel 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 Payne's Grey, Dark Electric Blue, Cadet, Black Coral, Granite Gray and Dim 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 cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Dark Sky Blue, Maximum Blue, Indigo Dye, Blue Sapphire, Iceberg, Independence, Dark Cornflower Blue, Wild Blue Yonder and Blue Bell.


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 Steel Blue, Cerulean, Dark Brown, Café Noir, Tan and Camel.


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 Steel Blue, Cerulean, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green, Dark Sea Green, Catawba, Old Mauve, Pastel Pink and Tuscany.


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, orange and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Steel Blue, Cerulean, Dark Byzantium, Eggplant, Lilac, Pink Lavender, Dark Brown, Café Noir, Tan, Camel, Brunswick Green, English Green, Cambridge Blue and Eton Blue.

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