Description and conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 6536, Searching Blue

It is a grayish azure color having an approximate luminance of 53%. It has a hue value of 215° indicating that this is a cold color.

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Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 6536, Searching 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 6536, Searching Blue 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 Manatee, Cadet Grey, Cool Grey, Shadow Blue, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Light Steel Blue, Lavender Gray, Light Periwinkle, Light Gray, Silver Sand, Ghost White, Cultured, Alice Blue and Platinum.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Sherwin-Williams 6536, Searching Blue 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 Black Coral, Payne's Grey, Dark Electric Blue, Independence, Charcoal, Gunmetal, Onyx, Jet, Raisin Black, Eerie Black, Eigengrau, Rich Black (FOGRA29) and Rich Black (FOGRA39).

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Sherwin-Williams 6536, Searching Blue 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 Slate Gray, Light Slate Gray, Shadow Blue, Roman Silver, Gray (Web), Sonic Silver, Old Silver and Battleship Grey.

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, blue and magenta colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Cadet Blue, Pewter Blue, Charcoal, Dark Sky Blue, Indigo Dye, Wild Blue Yonder, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Independence, English Violet, Blue Bell, Eggplant, Lilac and Lilac Luster.

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 Prussian Blue, Indigo Dye, Shadow Blue, Light Slate Gray, Periwinkle (Crayola), Light Steel Blue, Olive Drab 7, Café Noir, Shadow, Gold Fusion, Dutch White and Wheat.

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 Charcoal, Indigo Dye, Wild Blue Yonder, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Kombu 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, orange and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Indigo Dye, Wild Blue Yonder, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Eggplant, Old Mauve, Tuscany, Pastel Pink, Olive Drab 7, Taupe, Khaki (Web), Grullo, MSU Green, English Green, Green Sheen and Morning Blue.

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