RAL 7001 - Silver Gray RAL Classic Color

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Color Name

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray

Hex Color Code

#8C969D

RGB Color Code

RGB(140, 150, 157)

CMYK Values*

10.8%, 4.5%, 0.0%, 38.4%

Color Family (Hue)

Gray

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About RAL 7001 - Silver Gray color - its meaning and example

This page shows color information about RAL 7001 - Silver Gray. This color appears in the Gray color family (hues), part of the RAL Classic collection. "RAL 7001 - Silver Gray" color name in other languages - Dutch: Zilvergrijs, German: Silbergrau, French: Gris argent, Italian: Grigio argento, Spanish: Gris plata.

What color is RAL 7001 - Silver Gray?

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray color belongs to the Gray color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for RAL 7001 - Silver Gray is #8C969D, and the RGB color code is RGB(140, 150, 157).

In the RGB color model, RAL 7001 - Silver Gray has a red value of 140, a green value of 150, and a blue value of 157. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 10.8% cyan, 4.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow, and 38.4% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 204.7° (degrees), 8.0 % saturation, and 58.2 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, RAL 7001 - Silver Gray has a hue of 204.7° (degrees), 10.8 % saturation and 61.6 % brightness/value.

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray is cool or warm?

The color RAL 7001 - Silver Gray is a cool color.

What is the LRV of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray? (For interior and product design)

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray has an LRV of nearly 29.8. By LRV value, it is a medium color.

Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.

Dark Color

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray

LRV 29.8

Light Color

Compare LRV 29.8 of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray with dark and light color

Is RAL 7001 - Silver Gray Readable? WCAG Contrast Checker (For digital design)

Check if the color RAL 7001 - Silver Gray meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards, minimum contrast ratio standards between text and background colors. The WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) provides global standards for readable web content.

WCAG Recommendations - Large Text: above 18pt or 14pt bold. Normal Text: below 18pt or 14pt bold.

Minimum contrast ratio (AA): 4.5 for normal text and 3 for large text.
Enhanced contrast ratio (AAA): 7 for normal text and 4.5 for large text.

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Color Codes - Color Space Conversions

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray (CMS - RAL Classic) color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB

HEX #8C969D

Hex triplet: #8C969D
Red: 8C
Green: 96
Blue: 9D

RGBA / RGB rgb(140, 150, 157)

Red: 140 (54.9%)
Green: 150 (58.8%)
Blue: 157 (61.6%)
Alpha: 1 (100.0%)

CMYK

Cyan: 10.83%
Magenta: 4.46%
Yellow: 0.00%
Key: 38.43%

HSL hsl(204.71deg, 8.0 %, 58.2 %)

Hue: 204.71°
Saturation: 7.98 %
Lightness: 58.24 %

HSV / HSB

Hue: 204.71°
Saturation: 10.83 %
Brightness / Value: 61.57 %

RYB ryb(51, 78, 85)

Red: 51 (20.1%)
Yellow: 78 (30.6%)
Blue: 85 (33.5%)

HWB

Hue: 204.71°
Whiteness: 54.90 %
Blackness: 38.43 %

CMY

Cyan: 45.10%
Magenta: 41.18%
Yellow: 38.43%

XYZ

X: 27.81
Y: 29.82
Z: 36.19

YXY

Y1: 29.82
X: 0.3
Y2: 0.32

CIE-Lab

L: 61.5
A: -2.13
B: -4.92

CIE-Lch

L: 61.5
C: 5.36
H: 246.6

CIE-Luv

L: 61.5
U: -5.82
V: -6.81

Hunter-Lab

L: 54.61
A: -4.68
B: -1.06

Other

LRV: ~ 29.8 %
Munsell Color System: 3.1B 6.0/1.1

Similar Colors and Paints

What is Delta E (ΔE)?

Delta E is the standard measure of how different two colors look to the human eye, rather than how far apart their hex codes happen to be. It runs from 0, an exact match, to 100, the largest possible difference — so the lower the Delta E, the closer the match. The match percentage shown on each color below is simply 100% minus its ΔE.

ΔE 0

Identical – an exact match

ΔE under 1

Not perceptible; the eye cannot separate them

ΔE 1 – 2

Perceptible only on close, side-by-side inspection

ΔE 2 – 10

Perceptible at a glance

ΔE over 10

Reads as a different color altogether

Named colors similar to RAL 7001 - Silver Gray (CMS - RAL Classic)

These are the named colors closest to RAL 7001 - Silver Gray (CMS - RAL Classic), closest match first. Each card shows how much of the color the human eye sees as the same, measured as Delta E (ΔE).

#91A3B0 Color Cadet Gray

95.01% match | ΔE 4.99

#989898 Color Spanish Gray

94.70% match | ΔE 5.30

#848789 Color Aluminium

94.08% match | ΔE 5.92

#778899 Color Light Slate Gray

93.24% match | ΔE 6.76

Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system

RAL Classic

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray similar/equivalent colors from RAL Classic. Conversion of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray to RAL Classic

#8C969D Color RAL 7001 - Silver Gray

100.00% match | ΔE 0.00

#8D9295 Color RAL 7045 - Telegray 1

97.24% match | ΔE 2.76

#989EA1 Color RAL 7040 - Window Gray

96.44% match | ΔE 3.56

#8E9291 Color RAL 7042 - Traffic Gray A

95.42% match | ΔE 4.58

RAL Design

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray similar/equivalent colors from RAL Design. Conversion of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray to RAL Design

#889398 Color RAL 240 60 05 - Carrier Pigeon Blue

98.29% match | ΔE 1.71

#8A9098 Color RAL 260 60 05 - Seal Grey

97.27% match | ΔE 2.73

#879294 Color RAL 220 60 05 - Deep Sea Grey

96.72% match | ΔE 3.28

#8D9098 Color RAL 280 60 05 - Tulle Grey

96.06% match | ΔE 3.94

Pantone PMS

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray similar/equivalent colors from Pantone PMS. Conversion of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray to Pantone PMS

#8C9AA3 Color PANTONE 10262 C

98.09% match | ΔE 1.91

#87909A Color PANTONE 8180 C

97.40% match | ΔE 2.60

#8C9093 Color PANTONE 10388 C

96.67% match | ΔE 3.33

#97999B Color PANTONE Cool Gray 7 C

95.88% match | ΔE 4.12

British Standard 4800

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray similar/equivalent colors from British Standard 4800. Conversion of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray to British Standard 4800

#92969B Color BS 02-A-07 - Grey

97.34% match | ΔE 2.66

#939393 Color BS 16-A-07 - Mid Grey

94.80% match | ΔE 5.20

#8E8E8E Color BS 18-B-23 - Grey

94.39% match | ΔE 5.61

#848889 Color BS 00-A-05 - Goose Grey (Sea Mist)

94.26% match | ΔE 5.74

Pantone TCX

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray similar/equivalent colors from Pantone TCX. Conversion of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray to Pantone TCX

#98A0A5 Color PANTONE 15-4305 TCX - Quarry

96.55% match | ΔE 3.45

#939597 Color PANTONE 17-5104 TCX - Ultimate Gray

96.13% match | ΔE 3.87

#879BA3 Color PANTONE 16-4109 TCX - Arona

96.06% match | ΔE 3.94

#8C9DAD Color PANTONE 16-4010 TCX - Dusty Blue

95.48% match | ΔE 4.52

Paint similar to RAL 7001 - Silver Gray (CMS - RAL Classic)

These are the real paint colors closest to RAL 7001 - Silver Gray (CMS - RAL Classic) from major brands, ranked by Delta E (ΔE) match. A paint above 98% will be hard to tell apart from RAL 7001 - Silver Gray once it is on a wall.

Behr

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray similar/equivalent paint from Behr. Conversion of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray to Behr

#8D99A1 Color Teton Blue (N490-4)

98.82% match | ΔE 1.18

#8F9395 Color Flint Gray (PPU26-05)

96.76% match | ΔE 3.24

#8293A0 Color Coastal Vista (PPU14-06)

96.59% match | ΔE 3.41

#8A9192 Color Gotham Gray (MQ5-29)

96.52% match | ΔE 3.48

Dunn-Edwards

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray similar/equivalent paint from Dunn-Edwards. Conversion of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray to Dunn-Edwards

#91989D Color Wolverine (DET 610)

98.40% match | ΔE 1.60

#8F9AA4 Color Canadian Lake (DE 6340)

98.08% match | ΔE 1.92

#8A99A4 Color Hamilton Blue (DE 6333)

97.66% match | ΔE 2.34

#949EA2 Color Soft Pumice (DE 6326)

97.03% match | ΔE 2.97

PPG Paints

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray similar/equivalent paint from PPG Paints. Conversion of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray to PPG Paints

#8E9598 Color Steeple Gray (PPG1012-5)

97.89% match | ΔE 2.11

#858F94 Color Feldspar (PPG1038-5)

97.37% match | ΔE 2.63

#8D9CA7 Color Lost At Sea (PPG1040-5)

97.21% match | ΔE 2.79

#939FA9 Color Quicksilver (PPG1041-5)

96.86% match | ΔE 3.14

Sherwin Williams

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray similar/equivalent paint from Sherwin Williams. Conversion of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray to Sherwin Williams

#959BA0 Color Dustblu (SW 9161)

97.46% match | ΔE 2.54

#979FA5 Color Let it Rain (SW 9152)

96.90% match | ΔE 3.10

#939899 Color African Gray (SW 9162)

96.58% match | ΔE 3.42

#90A0A6 Color Debonair (SW 9139)

96.10% match | ΔE 3.90

Benjamin Moore

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray similar/equivalent paint from Benjamin Moore. Conversion of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray to Benjamin Moore

#909698 Color Tucker Gray (CW-705)

97.31% match | ΔE 2.69

#8B9094 Color Deep Silver (2124-30)

97.13% match | ΔE 2.87

#919DA8 Color Coastline (AF-570)

97.12% match | ΔE 2.88

#81929B Color Chiswell Blue (CW-660)

96.83% match | ΔE 3.17

Valspar

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray similar/equivalent paint from Valspar. Conversion of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray to Valspar

#959B9E Color Chrome (V113-2)

97.10% match | ΔE 2.90

#959A9D Color Drizzling Mist (4006-1C)

97.02% match | ΔE 2.98

#838B93 Color Blue Cashmere (M339)

96.22% match | ΔE 3.78

#8598A7 Color Blissful Blue (4005-3C)

95.99% match | ΔE 4.01

Farrow & Ball

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray similar/equivalent paint from Farrow & Ball. Conversion of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray to Farrow & Ball

#7C8E96 Color Selvedge (306)

95.52% match | ΔE 4.48

#8C8E8D Color Plummett (272)

94.59% match | ΔE 5.41

#90A3A6 Color Sardine (CB8)

94.10% match | ΔE 5.90

#889B9B Color Oval Room Blue (85)

93.95% match | ΔE 6.05

Color Combinations

View more RAL 7001 - Silver Gray - #8C969D color palettes and coordinating colors

42494E

5A6369

717D85

8C969D

A8AFB4

C3C8CC

DFE1E3

Monochromatic Color Palette

Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.

8C9D93

8C9D9C

8C969D

8C8E9D

938C9D

Analogous Color Palette

Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.

8C969D

9D8C96

969D8C

Triadic Color Palette

The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel

8C969D

9B8C9D

9D938C

8E9D8C

Tetradic Color Palette

The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

8C969D

97A0A6

A3ABB0

AEB5BA

BAC0C4

C5CACE

D1D5D7

DCDFE1

E8EAEB

F3F4F5

FFFFFF

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray - #8C969D Tints

8C969D

7E878D

70787D

62696D

545A5E

464B4E

383C3E

2A2D2F

1C1E1F

0E0F0F

000000

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray - #8C969D Shades

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Complementary / Opposite Color

#8C969D

RAL 7001 - Silver Gray

#9D938C

Gray (Crayola)*

Complementary / Opposite Color

Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors also called opposite colors. Complementary color schemes are created using two opposite colors on the color wheel. The examples are red–cyan, green–magenta, and blue–yellow.

What is the contrasting color of RAL 7001 - Silver Gray - #8C969D?

Color that best contrast with RAL 7001 - Silver Gray - #8C969D is #9D938C, color name is Gray (Crayola)*. Contrast indicates a strong difference in color. Contrasting color can be found several ways, Complimentary contrast is one of them. Complementary contrast colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.