Ultramarine is a deep blue color pigment originally made from lapis lazuli powder. Lapis lazuli metamorphic rock is used as a semi-precious stone.
What color is Ultramarine?
Ultramarine color belongs to the Blue color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Ultramarine is #120A8F, and the RGB color code is RGB(18, 10, 143).
In the RGB color model, Ultramarine has a red value of 18, a green value of 10, and a blue value of 143. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 87.4% cyan, 93.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow, and 43.9% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 243.6° (degrees), 86.9 % saturation, and 30.0 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Ultramarine has a hue of 243.6° (degrees), 93.0 % saturation and 56.1 % brightness/value.
Ultramarine is cool or warm?
The color Ultramarine is a cool color.
What is the LRV of Ultramarine?
Ultramarine has an LRV of nearly 2. By LRV value, it is a very 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
Ultramarine color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB
RGBA / RGB
CMYK
HSL
HSL(243.61deg, 86.9 %, 30.0 %)
RYB
HSV/HSB
HWB
H: 243.61°
W: 3.92 %
B: 43.92 %
XYZ
X : 5.32
Y : 2.33
Z : 26.16
YXY
Y1 : 2.33
X : 0.16
Y2 : 0.07
CMY
C : 92.94%
M : 96.08%
Y : 43.92%
LRV
Munsell Color System
CIE-Lab
L : 17.13
A : 48.43
B : -67.21
CIE-Lch
L : 17.13
C : 82.84
H : 305.77
CIE-Luv
L : 17.13
U : -4.17
V : -64.96
Hunter-Lab
L : 15.26
A : 35.47
B : -90.94
Similar Colors and Paints
Named colors similar to Ultramarine
Here are the colors similar to Ultramarine . 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
Pantone PMS
Ultramarine color similar/equivalent colors from Pantone PMS. Conversion of Ultramarine to Pantone PMS
Paint similar to Ultramarine
Here are the best recommended paint colors similar to Ultramarine . 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.
Valspar
Ultramarine color similar/equivalent paint from Valspar. Conversion of Ultramarine to Valspar
Benjamin Moore
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Sherwin Williams
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PPG Paints
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Dunn-Edwards
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Behr
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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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