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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?
Ebony is a cool color.
Color Codes - Color Space Conversions
Ebony color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB
RGBA - RGB(85, 93, 80) |
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Red | 85 (33.3%) |
Green | 93 (36.5%) |
Blue | 80 (31.4%) |
Alpha | 1 (100.0%) |
HSL |
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Hue | 96.92° |
Saturation | 7.51 %. |
Lightness | 33.92 %. |
HWB | H: 96.92° W: 31.37 % B: 63.53 % |
LRV | ~ 10.3 % |
Munsell Color System | 7.4GY 3.7/2 |
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% |
CMYK |
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Cyan | 8.60% |
Magenta | 0.00% |
Yellow | 13.98% |
Key | 63.53% |
HSV/HSB |
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Hue | 96.92° |
Saturation | 13.98 %. |
Brightness / Value | 36.47 %. |
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 |
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Similar Colors and Paints
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.
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
Behr
PPG Paints
Sherwin Williams
Color Combinations
View more Ebony - #555D50 color palettes and color scheme combinations

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.
Color Images and Mockup
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Ebony - #555D50 Color Images and Patterns





