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Description and conversion results of color #5b799a

It is a grayish azure color having an approximate luminance of 50%. It has a hue value of 211° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Blue Yonder, Glaucous, Queen Blue, Steel Blue, Slate Gray, Shadow Blue, Light Slate Gray, French Blue, Spanish Blue and Dark Electric Blue. 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 #5b799a to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (91, 121, 154) #5b799a hsl (211.4, 25.7%, 48%) hsv (211.4, 40.9%, 60.4%) lab (49.8, -1.9, -21.2) xyz (17, 18.2, 33.2)

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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 2160 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 18-4020 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 2152 UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 270 50 25BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 270 50 30BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 610-6BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6810BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6536BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6530BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #5b799a 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 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 Shadow Blue, Cerulean Frost, Cadet Grey, Light Slate Gray, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Light Steel Blue, Wild Blue Yonder, Light Periwinkle, Periwinkle (Crayola), Pale Aqua, Beau Blue, Alice Blue, Ghost White, Cultured and Gainsboro.


Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a 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 Black Coral, Payne's Grey, Dark Electric Blue, B'dazzled Blue, Charcoal, Gunmetal, Indigo Dye, Prussian Blue, Charleston Green, Onyx, Outer Space (Crayola), Rich Black (FOGRA29), Eigengrau, Eerie Black and Rich Black (FOGRA39).


Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a 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 Slate Gray, Blue Yonder, Light Slate Gray, Shadow Blue, Payne's Grey, Dark Electric Blue, Sonic Silver, Nickel, Gray (Web) 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, azure and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Blue Sapphire, Dark Sky Blue, Pewter Blue, Indigo Dye, YInMn Blue, Iceberg, Wild Blue Yonder, Independence, Purple Navy 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 Blue Yonder, Glaucous, Olive Drab 7, Café Noir, Khaki (Web) and Light French Beige.


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 Blue Yonder, Glaucous, Hunter Green, Brunswick Green, Dark Sea Green, Laurel Green, Catawba, Wine, 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, cyan and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue Yonder, Glaucous, Old Mauve, Wine Dregs, Puce, Kobi, Olive Drab 7, Café Noir, Khaki (Web), Light French Beige, English Green, Brunswick Green, Green Sheen and Polished Pine.

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