Description and conversion results of color Independence

It is a dark grayish blue color having an approximate luminance of 35%. It has a hue value of 231° indicating that this is a cold color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Purple Navy, Cyber Grape, Dark Blue-gray, Black Coral, YInMn Blue, Dark Liver, B'dazzled Blue, Charcoal, English Violet and Dark Electric 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 Independence to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

The hexadecimal, RGB and HSL values can be used in CSS files to define colors of different objects. Select a value easily by clicking on it!

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 Independence color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Rhythm, Roman Silver, Slate Gray, Cool Grey, Manatee, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Lavender Gray, Silver Sand, Light Periwinkle, Gainsboro, Platinum, Light Gray and Cultured.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Independence color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Charcoal, Space Cadet, Dark Liver, Raisin Black, Gunmetal, Eigengrau, Jet, 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 Independence color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Purple Navy, Dark Liver, Black Coral, Davy's Grey and Granite 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 and warm colors. There are variants of cyan, azure, blue, magenta, violet and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Dark Sky Blue, Pewter Blue, Indigo Dye, Charcoal, Air Superiority Blue, Purple Navy, Wild Blue Yonder, Blue Bell, English Violet, Dark Byzantium, Lilac Luster, Lilac and Eggplant.

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 blue and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Space Cadet, Rhythm, Cool Grey, Periwinkle (Crayola), Light Periwinkle, Olive Drab 7, Rifle Green, Artichoke, Gold Fusion, Pale Spring Bud and Spring Green (Crayola).

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, green and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Purple Navy, Wild Blue Yonder, Blue Bell, Brunswick Green, English Green, Cambridge Blue, Green Sheen, Dark Liver (horses), Liver, Tuscany 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 Purple Navy, Wild Blue Yonder, Blue Bell, Rose Ebony, Catawba, Tuscany, Pastel Pink, Rifle Green, Army Green, Sage, Ecru, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Green Sheen and Cadet Blue.

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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