It is a very bright grayish blue color having an approximate luminance of 87%. It has a hue value of 249° indicating that this is a cold color.
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The following list contains the conversion results of color Pantone Cool Gray 1 U to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (218, 217, 224)
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hsl (248.6, 10.1%, 86.5%)
hsv (248.6, 3.1%, 87.8%)
lab (87, 1.6, -3.3)
xyz (67.2, 69.9, 80.5)
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The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.
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Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to Pantone Cool Gray 1 U 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 very 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 Gainsboro, Platinum, Light Gray, Ghost White, Cultured, White, Snow and Baby Powder.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a very 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 Spanish Gray, Silver (Metallic), Quick Silver, Manatee, Sonic Silver, Nickel, Dim Gray, Granite Gray, Davy's Grey, Dark Liver, Onyx, Jet, Eerie Black, Raisin Black, Eigengrau and Charleston Green.
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a very 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 Gainsboro, Light Gray, Platinum and Timberwolf.
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 and gray colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Onyx, Silver (Metallic), Silver Chalice, Dark Liver and Davy's Grey.
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.
There are variants of the gray color in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Gray (Web), Black Olive, Davy's Grey, Silver Chalice and Quick Silver.
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 gray, cyan and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Gray (Web), Black Olive, Outer Space (Crayola), Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver and Dark Lava.
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 gray, red and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Gray (Web), Dark Liver, Taupe, Silver (Metallic), Silver Chalice, Black Olive, Davy's Grey, Quick Silver, Charcoal and Outer Space (Crayola).
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