It is a pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 52%. It has a hue value of 205° indicating that this is a cold color.
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The following list contains the conversion results of color RAL 5012, Light blue to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (52, 129, 184)
#3481b8
hsl (205, 55.9%, 46.3%)
hsv (205, 71.7%, 72.2%)
lab (51.7, -5.2, -35.7)
xyz (17.9, 19.9, 48.2)
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Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to RAL 5012, Light blue 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 pastel azure color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Cerulean Frost, Blue-gray, Livid, Little Boy Blue, Pale Cerulean, Light Steel Blue, Baby Blue Eyes, Aero, Pale Aqua, Beau Blue, Periwinkle (Crayola), Alice Blue, Ghost White, Cultured and Gainsboro.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel azure color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Lapis Lazuli, Sapphire Blue, Sapphire (Crayola), B'dazzled Blue, Indigo Dye, Prussian Blue, Yale Blue, Charcoal, Gunmetal, Oxford Blue, Rich Black (FOGRA29), Eigengrau, Eerie Black and Rich Black (FOGRA39).
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel azure color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Steel Blue, Glaucous, Green-blue (Crayola), Star Command Blue, Slate Gray, Shadow Blue, Light Slate Gray, Roman Silver, Gray (Web) and Sonic Silver.
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 cyan, azure and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Blue Sapphire, Maximum Blue, Cerulean (Crayola), Indigo Dye, USAFA Blue, Blue Jeans, French Sky Blue, Dark Cornflower Blue, Dark Slate Blue, Maximum Blue Purple and Blue Bell.
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 azure and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Star Command Blue, Steel Blue, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Field Drab, Light French Beige and Desert.
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 azure, green and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Star Command Blue, Steel Blue, UP Forest Green, Forest Green (Traditional), Dark Sea Green, Asparagus, Wine, Antique Ruby, Light Coral and New York 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 azure, rose, orange, cyan and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Star Command Blue, Steel Blue, Pansy Purple, Old Mauve, Charm Pink, Amaranth Pink, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Field Drab, Light French Beige, Desert, Blue-green (color Wheel), Brunswick Green, Mountain Meadow and Ocean Green.
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