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Description and conversion results of color #686784

It is a grayish blue color having an approximate luminance of 45%. It has a hue value of 242° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Rhythm, Dark Blue-gray, Old Lavender, Independence, Purple Navy, Chinese Violet, French Lilac, Pomp And Power, Black Coral and Blue Yonder. 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 #686784 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (104, 103, 132) #686784 hsl (242.1, 12.3%, 46.1%) hsv (242.1, 22%, 51.8%) lab (44.7, 7, -15.9) xyz (14.7, 14.3, 23.8)

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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 18-3817 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 2362 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 5265 UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 290 40 20BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 300 40 20BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 300 40 15BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6551BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6544BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6824BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #686784 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 blue color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Cool Grey, Manatee, Roman Silver, Rhythm, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Silver (Metallic), Wild Blue Yonder, Lavender Gray, Light Periwinkle, Silver Sand, Silver, Gainsboro, Platinum, Ghost White 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 grayish blue color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to Independence, Dark Liver, Purple Navy, English Violet, Jet, Onyx, Gunmetal, Raisin Black, Eigengrau, Eerie Black, Rich Black (FOGRA29) 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 blue color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Rhythm, Old Lavender, Independence, Dark Blue-gray, Dim Gray, Granite Gray, Sonic Silver, Black Coral and Nickel.

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, blue and magenta colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Indigo Dye, Charcoal, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Wild Blue Yonder, Independence, Purple Navy, Blue Bell, English Violet, Dark Byzantium, Lilac and Lilac Luster.


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 colors. There are variants of blue and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Rhythm, Dark Blue-gray, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Sage and Laurel Green.


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 blue, cyan, green and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Rhythm, Dark Blue-gray, MSU Green, Brunswick Green, Green Sheen, Cambridge Blue, Dark Liver (horses), Coffee, Tumbleweed and Antique Brass.


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 blue, red, yellow and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Rhythm, Dark Blue-gray, Rose Ebony, Dark Liver (horses), Tuscany, Pastel Pink, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Sage, Laurel Green, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Cadet Blue and Green Sheen.

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