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#8A656D

#8a656d ≈ Mauve Taupe

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#8a656d is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 39.61% green and 42.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.81% magenta, 21.01% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 347.03°, with 15.48% saturation and 46.86% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Mauve Taupe (#915f6d), ΔE 3.96.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.1581

Complementary

  1. #8a656d
  2. #658a82

Split complementary

  1. #8a656d
  2. #658a6f
  3. #657f8a

Analogous

  1. #8a657f
  2. #8a656d
  3. #8a6f65

Triadic

  1. #8a656d
  2. #6d8a65
  3. #656d8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a656d
  2. #8a8265
  3. #658a82
  4. #656d8a

Square

  1. #8a656d
  2. #7f8a65
  3. #658a82
  4. #6f658a

Monochromatic

  1. #322427
  2. #5e454a
  3. #8a656d
  4. #ad8f95
  5. #cdbbbf

Shades

#8a656d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a656d
  2. #7c5b62
  3. #6e5157
  4. #61474c
  5. #533d41
  6. #453337
  7. #37282c
  8. #291e21
  9. #1c1416
  10. #0e0a0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a656d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a656d
  2. #96747c
  3. #a1848a
  4. #ad9399
  5. #b9a3a7
  6. #c5b2b6
  7. #d0c1c5
  8. #dcd1d3
  9. #e8e0e2
  10. #f3f0f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a656d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a656d
  2. #89686f
  3. #886a71
  4. #876d73
  5. #867075
  6. #857377
  7. #847578
  8. #83787a
  9. #827b7c
  10. #817d7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6f6f6f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b6b6e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a6b6d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #73716c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #916368 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78696d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d6d6d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8e646a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a656d {
  color: #8a656d;
}
Background
.bg-8a656d {
  background-color: #8a656d;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8a656d {
  border: 2px solid #8a656d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a656d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 101 109;
  --color-primary-hsl: 347 15% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a656d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a656d, #8a6f65);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a656d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 101 109 / 0.35);
}

#915f6d Mauve Taupe ΔE 3.96 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 5.56 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 7.70 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.31 #7c4848 Tuscan Red ΔE 10.97 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 11.06 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 11.17 #759a92 Inverted #6f6f6f Grayscale 

Mauve Taupe
#8a656d  rgb(138, 101, 109)  hsl(347, 15%, 47%)  Mauve Taupe
#658a82  rgb(101, 138, 130)  hsl(167, 15%, 47%)  Xanadu
#6d8a65  rgb(109, 138, 101)  hsl(107, 15%, 47%)  Xanadu
#656d8a  rgb(101, 109, 138)  hsl(227, 15%, 47%)  Queen Blue