Description and conversion results of color Purple Mountain Majesty

It is a grayish violet color having an approximate luminance of 55%. It has a hue value of 269° indicating that this is a cold color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Middle Blue Purple, African Violet, Amethyst, Lavender (floral), Medium Purple, Violet-blue (Crayola), Rhythm, French Lilac, Pomp And Power and Blue-violet (Crayola). 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 Purple Mountain Majesty to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

rgb(150, 120, 182)
#9678b6
hsl(269, 29.8%, 59.2%)
hsv(269, 34.1%, 71.4%)
lab(55.4, 24, -28.4)
xyz(27.7, 23.3, 47.3)

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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 2080 U
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Pantone 17-3730 TPG
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Pantone 258 U
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RAL D2 310 50 40
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RAL D2 310 50 35
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RAL 570-M
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Sherwin-Williams 6830
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Sherwin-Williams 6823
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Sherwin-Williams 9069
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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 Purple Mountain Majesty color. This process results a scale from a grayish violet color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Glossy Grape, Wisteria, Lilac, African Violet, Thistle, Pink Lavender, Languid Lavender, Pale Purple (Pantone), Queen Pink, Ghost White, Lavender Blush, Lavender (Web) and Snow.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Purple Mountain Majesty color. This process results a scale from a grayish violet color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Pomp And Power, French Lilac, Chinese Violet, Dark Blue-gray, English Violet, Dark Byzantium, Cyber Grape, Japanese Violet, Dark Purple, Black Coffee, Raisin Black, Eigengrau, Eerie Black and Smoky Black.

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Purple Mountain Majesty color. This process results a scale from a grayish violet color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Middle Blue Purple, African Violet, Rhythm, Mountbatten Pink, Glossy Grape, Taupe Gray, Rocket Metallic, Roman Silver and Gray (Web).

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, violet, rose and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Indigo Dye, Blue Sapphire, Blue Jeans, Capri, Dark Cornflower Blue, YInMn Blue, Little Boy Blue, French Sky Blue, Cyber Grape, Dark Slate Blue, Wisteria, Mauve, Byzantium, Palatinate Purple, Orchid (Crayola), Kobi, Wine, Claret, Mauvelous and Pink Sherbet.

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 Cyber Grape, Spanish Violet, Middle Blue Purple, Mauve, Lavender Blue, Forest Green (Traditional), UP Forest Green, Russian Green, Maximum Green, Granny Smith Apple and Celadon.

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 Cyber Grape, Dark Slate Blue, Wisteria, Mauve, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Verdigris, Tiffany Blue, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Sepia, Fawn and Lion.

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 Cyber Grape, Dark Slate Blue, Wisteria, Mauve, Liver (organ), Burnt Umber, Dark Salmon, Middle Red, Lincoln Green, Dark Moss Green, Olivine, Asparagus, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Pacific Blue and Maximum 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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