Description and conversion results of color lab (7.4, 27.7, -40.9)

It is a dark blue color having an approximate luminance of 7%. It has a hue value of 242° indicating that this is a cold color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Midnight Blue, Russian Violet, Royal Blue (dark), Persian Indigo, St. Patrick's Blue, Oxford Blue, Resolution Blue, Space Cadet, Picotee Blue and Cosmic Cobalt. 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 lab (7.4, 27.7, -40.9) to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

The rgb, hexadecimal and hsl values can be used in webpages to define the colors of different objects. You can select a value easily by clicking on it.

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.

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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 lab (7.4, 27.7, -40.9) 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 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 Cyber Grape, Dark Slate Blue, Purple Navy, Spanish Violet, Rhythm, Dark Blue-gray, Pomp And Power, French Lilac, Glossy Grape, Heliotrope Gray, Rose Quartz, Blue Bell, Languid Lavender, Lavender (Web), Lavender Gray and Light Periwinkle.

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 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 Russian Violet, Midnight Blue, Space Cadet, Oxford Blue, Dark Purple, Eigengrau, Rich Black (FOGRA39), Black and Rich Black (FOGRA29).

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 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 Russian Violet, Midnight Blue, Space Cadet, Royal Blue (dark), Dark Purple, Oxford Blue, Eigengrau, Raisin Black, Eerie Black and Rich Black (FOGRA29).

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, violet, magenta and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Independence, Indigo Dye, Wild Blue Yonder, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Dark Slate Blue, Spanish Violet, Maximum Blue Purple, Wisteria, Japanese Violet, Palatinate Purple, Orchid (Crayola) and Kobi.

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 violet and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue-violet (Crayola), Middle Blue Purple, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green and Ash Gray.

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 violet, cyan and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue-violet (Crayola), Middle Blue Purple, Dark Slate Gray, MSU Green, Morning Blue, Opal, Dark Liver (horses), Taupe, Grullo and Silver Pink.

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 violet, red, green and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue-violet (Crayola), Middle Blue Purple, Bole, Rose Ebony, Pastel Pink, Tuscany, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green, Ash Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Charcoal, Pewter Blue and Cadet Grey.

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