Yale BlueIt is a dark azure color having an approximate luminance of 22%. It has a hue value of 210° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Prussian Blue, Indigo Dye, Dark Cornflower Blue, Royal Blue (dark), Space Cadet, Oxford Blue, St. Patrick's Blue, USAFA Blue, YInMn Blue and Cosmic Cobalt. A little below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color Yale Blue to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.
rgb(0, 53, 107)#00356bhsl(210.3, 100%, 21%)hsv(210.3, 100%, 42%)lab(22.3, 7.6, -35.8)xyz(3.9, 3.6, 14.4)The hexadecimal, RGB and HSL values can be used in CSS files to define colors of different objects. Select a value easily by clicking on it!
The most important note: 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 list contains the nearest matching standard colors. The left hexagon is the reference, the right one is the matched color. For each color there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy paints of the corresponding colors.
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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 Yale Blue color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Liberty, Dark Blue-gray, B'dazzled Blue, Purple Navy, Cool Grey, Shadow Blue, Rhythm, Roman Silver, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Wild Blue Yonder, Light Periwinkle, Lavender Gray, Gainsboro, Lavender (Web), Light Gray and Ghost White.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Yale Blue color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Oxford Blue, Space Cadet, Royal Blue (dark), Prussian Blue, Eigengrau, Rich Black (FOGRA29), Raisin Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39) and Black.
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Yale Blue color. This process results a scale from a dark 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 Space Cadet, Prussian Blue, Oxford Blue, Gunmetal, Charcoal, Onyx, Jet and Outer Space (Crayola).
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, violet and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Dark Sky Blue, Pewter Blue, Indigo Dye, Charcoal, Iceberg, Aero, Dark Cornflower Blue, YInMn Blue, Maximum Blue Purple, Wild Blue Yonder, Cyber Grape, Eminence, Wisteria, Plum (Web), Byzantium, Palatinate Purple, Kobi and Orchid (Crayola).
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 Indigo Dye, Glaucous, Shadow Blue, Lavender Blue, Periwinkle, Army Green, Olive Drab 7, Spanish Bistre, Gold Fusion, Medium Champagne and Vanilla.
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 Dark Cornflower Blue, YInMn Blue, Maximum Blue Purple, Wild Blue Yonder, Castleton Green, Brunswick Green, Eton Blue, Dark Sea Green, Liver (organ), Burnt Umber, Dark Salmon and Middle Red.
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, red, yellow and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Cornflower Blue, YInMn Blue, Maximum Blue Purple, Wild Blue Yonder, Wine, Claret, Mauvelous, Pink Sherbet, Army Green, Antique Bronze, Misty Moss, Dark Khaki, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Green Sheen and Cadet Blue.
If you want to have a more detailed control of the colors in the schemes, have a look at the Spektran application too!
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