Shaded Gray

The color code of Shaded Gray indicates, that green is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. As red and blue have equal intensities, green remains as dominant basic color for the initial color impression. Learn more …

But due to the large amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Shaded Gray is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 6 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 39 %, Shaded Gray is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#596959`
RGB	`rgb(89, 105, 89)`
HSL*	`hsl(120, 8%, 38%)`
Lab*	`42.69 -9.48 6.99`
CMYK*	`15% 0% 15% 59%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

59 %

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