Farrow & Ball Plummett / 272 / #979ca0 Hex Color Code

The hexadecimal color code #979ca0 is a medium light shade of cyan-blue. In the RGB color model #979ca0 is comprised of 59.22% red, 61.18% green and 62.75% blue. In the HSL color space #979ca0 has a hue of 207° (degrees), 5% saturation and 61% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 482.17 nm.

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Color Variations

• Inverted
  #68635f
• 25% saturated
  #969ca1
• Grayscale
  #9c9c9c
• 25% lighter
  #c0c3c5
• Original
  #979ca0
• 25% darker
  #787d81
• Web safe: gray
  #808080
• 25% desaturated
  #989c9f
• HTML: darkgray
  #a9a9a9

Related Named Colors

• Closely Related

  1. Spanish gray
     #989898
  2. Quick Silver
     #a6a6a6
  3. Cadet grey
     #91a3b0
  4. Manatee
     #979aaa
  5. Chrome aluminum
     #a8a9ad

• Intermediately Related

  1. Red
     #ff0000 / #f00
  2. Dark tangerine
     #ffa812
  3. Imperial red
     #ed2939
  4. Redwood
     #a45a52
  5. Pale lavender
     #dcd0ff

• Distantly Related

  1. Rich black (FOGRA39)
     #010203
  2. Vampire black
     #080808
  3. Rich black (FOGRA29)
     #010b13
  4. Smoky black
     #100c08
  5. Licorice
     #1a1110

Color Schemes

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Monochromatic Colors

1. #7a7f83
2. #84888c
3. #8d9296
4. #979ca0
5. #a1a6aa
6. #abb0b4
7. #b5babe

Tints and Shades

#979ca0 to white

1. #979ca0
2. #a8acaf
3. #b9bcbf
4. #caccce
5. #dbddde
6. #edeeef
7. #ffffff / #fff

#979ca0 to black

1. #979ca0
2. #7c8083
3. #626568
4. #494c4d
5. #323335
6. #1c1d1d
7. #000000 / #000

Paints

Exact Matching Paints

• Plummett / 272

  Farrow & Ball

Similar Paints

1. Clark+Kensington

   ★ English Castle / N-C20
   #969ca0 ΔE = 0.354 / LRV ≈ 32.8%

2. Brillux

   ★ 60.06.18
   #979ca1 ΔE = 0.511 / LRV ≈ 32.9%

3. Benjamin Moore

   ★ Pewter / 2121-30
   #979c9f ΔE = 0.516 / LRV ≈ 32.9%

4. Behr

   ★ Pencil Sketch N500-4
   #989c9f ΔE = 0.589 / LRV ≈ 33.0%

5. Glidden

   ★ Cool Metalwork Grey / 50BG 33/025
   #989da0 ΔE = 0.624 / LRV ≈ 33.3%

6. RAL

   ★ RAL 810-1
   #979da2 ΔE = 0.668 / LRV ≈ 33.3%

7. Sikkens

   ★ SN.02.57
   #979b9e ΔE = 0.671 / LRV ≈ 32.5%

8. PPG Pittsburgh Paints

   ★ Kentucky Sky 7101-1
   #959ca0 ΔE = 0.704 / LRV ≈ 32.7%

9. Sherwin-Williams

   ★ Dustblu - 9161
   #959ba0 ΔE = 0.727 / LRV ≈ 32.4%

10. Valspar Paint

    ★ Chrome 8006-7C
    #959b9e ΔE = 0.812 / LRV ≈ 32.3%

11. Tollens

    ★ TF256-2
    #959ca1 ΔE = 0.821 / LRV ≈ 32.7%

12. Pantone / PMS

    ★ P 174-4 C
    #969a9d ΔE = 0.917 / LRV ≈ 32.0%

13. Jotun

    ★ 4469 / Blåklokke
    #949a9f ΔE = 1.000 / LRV ≈ 31.9%

14. Wattyl

    ★ Scandinavian Grey / A34W
    #959da2 ΔE = 1.106 / LRV ≈ 33.1%

15. California Paints

    ★ Little's Landmark
    #9a9fa3 ΔE = 1.133 / LRV ≈ 34.3%

16. Kelly-Moore

    ★ Medium Gray / KM-013
    #9b9ea2 ΔE = 1.152 / LRV ≈ 34.0%

17. Humbrol

    ★ 165 Medium Sea Grey
    #969da3 ΔE = 1.197 / LRV ≈ 33.2%

18. Sigma

    ★ Mistic Purple / S 4005-R50B
    #9b9da1 ΔE = 1.224 / LRV ≈ 33.7%

19. General Paint

    ★ Zeppelin / CL 3164M
    #959b9d ΔE = 1.241 / LRV ≈ 32.3%

20. Nerolac

    ★ Nantucket - 3005
    #949aa0 ΔE = 1.305 / LRV ≈ 31.9%

#979ca0 HTML / CSS Code Examples

<p style="color: #979ca0">…</p>

<p style="background-color: #979ca0">…</p>

<p style="text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.15em #979ca0">…</p>

Color Charts

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Color Space Conversions

Decimal

9936032

Binary

10010111, 10011100, 10100000

Hexadecimal

#979ca0

LRV

≈ 32.9%

Closest short hex

#999 ΔE = 3.011

RGB

rgb(151, 156, 160)

RGBA

rgba(151, 156, 160, 1.0)

rg chromaticity

r: 0.323, g: 0.334, b: 0.343

RYB

red: 59.216%, yellow: 60.476%, blue: 62.745%

Android / android.graphics.Color

-6841184 / 0xff979ca0

HSL

hsl(207, 5%, 61%)

HSLA

hsla(207, 5%, 61%, 1.0)

HSV / HSB

hue: 207° (206.667), saturation: 6% (0.056), value: 63% (0.627)

HSP

hue: 206.667, saturation: 5.625%, perceived brightness: 60.779%

HSL_uv (HUSL)

H: 231.504, S: 6.832, L: 64.075

Cubehelix

H: -157.896, S: 0.053, L: 0.608

TSL

T: -2.105, S: 0.013, L: 0.608

CMYK

cyan: 6% (0.056), magenta: 2% (0.025), yellow: 0% (0.000), key: 37% (0.373)

CMY

cyan: 41% (0.408), magenta: 39% (0.388), yellow: 37% (0.373)

XYZ

X: 30.995, Y: 32.894, Z: 37.967

xyY

x: 0.304, y: 0.323, Y: 32.894

CIELab

L: 64.075, a: -0.996, b: -2.710

CIELuv

L: 64.075, u: -3.006, v: -3.779

CIELCH / LCHab

L: 64.075, C: 2.888, H: 249.817

CIELUV / LCHuv

L: 64.075, C: 4.829, H: 231.504

Hunter-Lab

L: 57.353, a: -3.904, b: 0.898

CIECAM02

J: 54.402, C: 6.329, h: 232.650, Q: 145.318, M: 5.534, s: 19.515, H: 294.389

OSA-UCS

lightness: -10.093, jaune: -0.578, green: 0.490

LMS

L: 30.678, M: 34.261, S: 37.877

YCbCr

Y: 149.111, Cb: 130.496, Cr: 125.521

YCoCg

Y: 155.750, Cg: 0.250, Co: 35.500

YDbDr

Y: 154.961, Db: 7.582, Dr: 7.533

YPbPr

Y: 155.223, Pb: 2.575, Pr: -2.684

xvYCC

Y: 149.309, Cb: 130.262, Cr: 125.642

YIQ

Y: 154.961, I: -4.264, Q: 0.187

YUV

Y: 154.961, U: 2.481, V: -3.475

Okhsl

h: 241.718, s: 0.045, l: 0.640

Okhsv

h: 241.718. s: 0.045, v: 0.657

Okhwb

h: 241.718, w: 0.628, b: 0.343

Oklab

l: 0.690, a: -0.004, b: -0.007

Oklch

l: 0.690, c: 0.008, h: 241.718

Munsell Color System

7.5PB 6/2 ΔE = 2.553

Brand Color

Wii ΔE = 3.011

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