The color ebony represents the color of the wood ebony, a tropical hardwood widely used to make fine furniture. Ebony is a dense black/brown hardwood.
What color is Ebony?
Ebony color belongs to the Gray Green color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Ebony is #555D50, and the RGB color code is RGB(85, 93, 80).
In the RGB color model, Ebony has a red value of 85, a green value of 93, and a blue value of 80. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 8.6% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 14.0% yellow, and 63.5% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 96.9° (degrees), 7.5 % saturation, and 33.9 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Ebony has a hue of 96.9° (degrees), 14.0 % saturation and 36.5 % brightness/value.
Ebony is cool or warm?
The color Ebony is a cool color.
What is the LRV of Ebony?
Ebony has an LRV of nearly 10. By LRV value, it is a dark 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.
Color Codes - Color Space Conversions
Ebony color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB
RGBA / RGB
CMYK
HSL
HSL(96.92deg, 7.5 %, 33.9 %)
RYB
HSV/HSB
HWB
H: 96.92°
W: 31.37 %
B: 63.53 %
XYZ
X : 9.11
Y : 10.34
Z : 9.11
YXY
Y1 : 10.34
X : 0.32
Y2 : 0.36
CMY
C : 66.67%
M : 63.53%
Y : 68.63%
LRV
Munsell Color System
CIE-Lab
L : 38.44
A : -5.86
B : 6.41
CIE-Lch
L : 38.44
C : 8.69
H : 132.45
CIE-Luv
L : 38.44
U : -3.79
V : 8.77
Hunter-Lab
L : 32.15
A : -5.71
B : 5.72
Similar Colors and Paints
Named colors similar to Ebony
Here are the colors similar to Ebony . Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system
RAL Design
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British Standard 4800
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Pantone PMS
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RAL Classic
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Pantone TCX
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Paint similar to Ebony
Here are the best recommended paint colors similar to Ebony . Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Benjamin Moore
Ebony color similar/equivalent paint from Benjamin Moore. Conversion of Ebony to Benjamin Moore
Valspar
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Behr
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PPG Paints
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Sherwin Williams
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Dunn-Edwards
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Color Combinations
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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.
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.
The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel
The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Example Color Images and Mockup
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Ebony - #555D50 Color Images and Patterns
