rgb (138, 144, 156)It is a grayish azure color having an approximate luminance of 60%. It has a hue value of 220° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Roman Silver, Manatee, Light Slate Gray, Cool Grey, Shadow Blue, Spanish Gray, Taupe Gray, Cadet Grey, Slate Gray and Gray (Web). A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color rgb (138, 144, 156) to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (138, 144, 156)
#8a909c
hsl (220, 8.3%, 57.6%)
hsv (220, 11.5%, 61.2%)
lab (59.7, 0.3, -7.1)
xyz (26.5, 27.7, 35.4)
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.
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.
The left side contains the reference color, while the right side shows the matched color. For each item there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy corresponding paints.
Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to rgb (138, 144, 156) 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 grayish 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 Silver (Metallic), Cadet Blue (Crayola), Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Silver Sand, Silver, Gray (X11 Gray), Lavender Gray, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Platinum, Timberwolf, Cultured, Isabelline and Ghost White.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a grayish 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 Dim Gray, Granite Gray, Black Coral, Payne's Grey, Davy's Grey, Dark Liver, Charcoal, Onyx, Jet, Gunmetal, Outer Space (Crayola), Eerie Black, Smoky Black, Raisin Black and Eigengrau.
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a grayish 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 Roman Silver, Manatee, Spanish Gray, Taupe Gray, Old Silver and Battleship Grey.
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 violet colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Cadet Grey, Pewter Blue, Onyx, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Silver (Metallic), Dark Liver, Independence and Manatee.
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 Slate Gray, Sonic Silver, Black Olive, Taupe, 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 azure, green and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Slate Gray, Sonic Silver, Kombu Green, Rifle Green, Ash Gray, Morning Blue, Dark Liver (horses), Dark Liver, 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 azure, rose, red, orange, cyan and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Slate Gray, Sonic Silver, Dark Liver, Dark Liver (horses), Black Shadows, Silver Pink, Black Olive, Taupe, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Slate Gray, Outer Space (Crayola), Morning Blue and Ash Gray.
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