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Description and conversion results of color rgb (40, 60, 86)

It is a dark pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 25%. It has a hue value of 214° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Prussian Blue, Indigo Dye, Yale Blue, Space Cadet, Charcoal, Oxford Blue, Independence, YInMn Blue, Gunmetal and Purple Navy. A bit 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 rgb (40, 60, 86) to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (40, 60, 86) #283c56 hsl (213.9, 36.5%, 24.7%) hsv (213.9, 53.5%, 33.7%) lab (24.8, 0.4, -18.1) xyz (4.2, 4.4, 9.4)

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.

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

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.

   Pantone 2379 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 2378 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 19-4033 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 270 20 25BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 630-6BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 630-5BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9176BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9177BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9178BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to rgb (40, 60, 86) 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 dark 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 Black Coral, Dark Electric Blue, Payne's Grey, Queen Blue, Roman Silver, Light Slate Gray, Shadow Blue, Cool Grey, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Silver (Metallic), Lavender Gray, Silver Sand, Gainsboro, Light Gray, Platinum and Timberwolf.


Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Prussian Blue, Gunmetal, Oxford Blue, Space Cadet, Eigengrau, Raisin Black, Rich Black (FOGRA29), Eerie Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39) and Black.


Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Charcoal, Prussian Blue, Gunmetal, Indigo Dye, Onyx, Outer Space (Crayola) and Jet.

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 colors. There are variants of azure, violet and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Pewter Blue, Dark Sky Blue, Indigo Dye, Independence, Wild Blue Yonder, Cadet Blue (Crayola), English Violet 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 Slate Gray, Blue Yonder, Olive Drab 7, Café Noir, Khaki (Web) and Ecru.


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, Blue Yonder, English Green, Brunswick Green, Cambridge Blue, Laurel Green, Rose Ebony, Dark Liver (horses), Tuscany and Pastel 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, red, orange and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Slate Gray, Blue Yonder, Eggplant, Catawba, Tuscany, Pastel Pink, Olive Drab 7, Café Noir, Khaki (Web), Ecru, MSU Green, Brunswick Green, Green Sheen and Cambridge Blue.

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