Description and conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 6508, Secure Blue

It is a pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 54%. It has a hue value of 198° indicating that this is a cold color.

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Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 6508, Secure Blue to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

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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 Sherwin-Williams 6508, Secure Blue 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 Pewter Blue, Air Superiority Blue, Cadet Grey, Dark Sky Blue, Pale Cerulean, Beau Blue, Pale Aqua, Columbia Blue, Light Blue, Alice Blue, Cultured, Platinum and Gainsboro.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Sherwin-Williams 6508, Secure Blue 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 Deep Space Sparkle, Cadet, Dark Electric Blue, Payne's Grey, Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Gunmetal, Dark Slate Gray, Charleston Green, Onyx, Eerie Black, Rich Black (FOGRA29), Eigengrau and Rich Black (FOGRA39).

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Sherwin-Williams 6508, Secure Blue 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 Light Slate Gray, Slate Gray, Shadow Blue, Steel Teal, Roman Silver, Gray (Web), Battleship Grey and Old Silver.

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 cyan, azure and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue-green (color Wheel), Brunswick Green, Green Sheen, Polished Pine, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Deep Jungle Green, Cadet Blue, Verdigris, Blue Sapphire, Dark Sky Blue, Pewter Blue, Indigo Dye, YInMn Blue, Wild Blue Yonder, Iceberg, Independence, Purple Navy, Blue Bell and Maximum Blue Purple.

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 cyan, azure and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Charcoal, Blue (Munsell), Blue-green, Uranian Blue, Non-photo Blue, Café Noir, Bistre, French Beige, Tuscan Tan, Apricot and Desert Sand.

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 cyan, azure, green and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Blue Sapphire, Dark Sky Blue, Pewter Blue, Rifle Green, Army Green, Laurel Green, Sage, Old Mauve, Wine Dregs, Puce 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 cyan, azure, magenta, orange and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Blue Sapphire, Dark Sky Blue, Pewter Blue, Dark Byzantium, English Violet, Lilac, Pink Lavender, Kobicha, Dark Brown, Tumbleweed, Antique Brass, English Green, Brunswick Green, Dark Sea Green and Cambridge Blue.

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