It is a dark grayish azure color having an approximate luminance of 31%. It has a hue value of 223° indicating that this is a cold color.
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The following list contains the conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 6538, Dignified to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.
rgb(59, 73, 109)
#3b496d
hsl(223.2, 29.8%, 32.9%)
hsv(223.2, 45.9%, 42.7%)
lab(31.3, 5, -22.6)
xyz(6.9, 6.8, 15.4)
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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 6538, Dignified color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Rhythm, Dark Blue-gray, Blue Yonder, Slate Gray, Cool Grey, Manatee, Roman Silver, Shadow Blue, Lavender Gray, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Light Periwinkle, Periwinkle (Crayola), Gainsboro, Platinum, Light Gray and Ghost White.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Sherwin-Williams 6538, Dignified color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Space Cadet, Prussian Blue, Oxford Blue, Yale Blue, 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 Sherwin-Williams 6538, Dignified color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Independence, Purple Navy, YInMn Blue, Charcoal, Dark Liver, Davy's Grey and Onyx.
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, violet and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Dark Sky Blue, Maximum Blue, Indigo Dye, Blue Sapphire, Iceberg, Aero, Independence, Purple Navy, Wild Blue Yonder, Blue Bell, English Violet, Dark Byzantium, Lilac, Glossy Grape, Eggplant and Kobi.
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, blue and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Space Cadet, Yale Blue, Shadow Blue, Rhythm, Periwinkle, Lavender Blue, Olive Drab 7, Army Green, Gold Fusion, Artichoke, Pale Spring Bud and Spring Green (Crayola).
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, blue, green and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Independence, Purple Navy, Wild Blue Yonder, Blue Bell, English Green, Brunswick Green, Green Sheen, Eton Blue, Bole, Liver (organ), Pastel Pink and Antique Brass.
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, blue, red, yellow and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Independence, Purple Navy, Wild Blue Yonder, Blue Bell, Catawba, Wine, Pastel Pink, Tuscany, Army Green, Rifle Green, Sage, Misty Moss, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Green Sheen and Verdigris.
If you want to have a more detailed control of the colors in the schemes, have a look at the Spektran application too!
You can link and share this page in multiple ways according to the color format you would like to use.
/sherwin-williams/6538-dignified
/3b496d
/rgb/59,73,109
/hsl/223.2,29.8,32.9
/hsv/223.2,45.9,42.7
/lab/31.3,5,-22.6
/xyz/6.9,6.8,15.4