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 Green Gray 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
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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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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
