Description and conversion results of color Lavender Gray

It is a bright grayish blue color having an approximate luminance of 79%. It has a hue value of 245° indicating that this is a cold color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Light Periwinkle, Languid Lavender, Periwinkle (Crayola), Silver Sand, Silver, Gray (X11 Gray), Cadet Blue (Crayola), Light Gray, Silver (Metallic) and Lavender (Web). 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 Lavender Gray to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

rgb(196, 195, 208)
#c4c3d0
hsl(244.6, 12.1%, 79%)
hsv(244.6, 6.3%, 81.6%)
lab(79.2, 2.8, -6.4)
xyz(53.7, 55.3, 67.5)

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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 5305 C
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Pantone Cool Gray 3 U
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Pantone 14-3904 TPG
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RAL D2 290 80 10
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RAL 170-6
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RAL 170-5
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Sherwin-Williams 6548
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Sherwin-Williams 6541
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Sherwin-Williams 6821
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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 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 Lavender Gray color. This process results a scale from a bright 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 Light Gray, Light Periwinkle, Gainsboro, Platinum, Lavender (Web), Ghost White, Cultured, Snow and White.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Lavender Gray color. This process results a scale from a bright 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 Roman Silver, Taupe Gray, Manatee, Spanish Gray, Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Sonic Silver, Black Coral, Onyx, Jet, Dark Liver, Black Olive, Eerie Black, Raisin Black, Eigengrau and Black Chocolate.

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Lavender Gray color. This process results a scale from a bright 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 Silver Sand, Silver, Light Periwinkle, Gray (X11 Gray) and Light 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 azure, blue, magenta and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Cadet Grey, Pewter Blue, Onyx, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Dark Liver, Silver (Metallic), Black Coffee, Black Shadows, Dark Liver (horses) and Silver Pink.

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, yellow and gray colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Onyx, Jet, Roman Silver, Taupe Gray, Light Periwinkle, Black Olive, Pine Tree, Middle Grey, Old Silver, Bone and Timberwolf.

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 Dark Liver, Independence, Silver (Metallic), Cadet Blue (Crayola), Dark Slate Gray, Outer Space (Crayola), Morning Blue, Ash Gray, Dark Lava, Taupe, Silver Pink and Black Shadows.

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 Dark Liver, Independence, Silver (Metallic), Cadet Blue (Crayola), Dark Liver (horses), Silver Pink, Black Shadows, Black Olive, Rifle Green, Ash Gray, Silver Chalice, Dark Slate Gray, Outer Space (Crayola), Pewter Blue and Morning 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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