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#8F736E

#8f736e ≈ Beaver

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#8f736e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 45.1% green and 43.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.58% magenta, 23.08% yellow and 43.92% black. Its hue angle is 9.09°, with 13.04% saturation and 49.61% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Beaver (#9f8170), ΔE 7.6.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.1923

Complementary

  1. #8f736e
  2. #6e8a8f

Split complementary

  1. #8f736e
  2. #6e8f84
  3. #6e7a8f

Analogous

  1. #8f6e7a
  2. #8f736e
  3. #8f846e

Triadic

  1. #8f736e
  2. #6e8f73
  3. #736e8f

Tetradic

  1. #8f736e
  2. #8a8f6e
  3. #6e8a8f
  4. #736e8f

Square

  1. #8f736e
  2. #7a8f6e
  3. #6e8a8f
  4. #846e8f

Monochromatic

  1. #392d2b
  2. #64504d
  3. #8f736e
  4. #b19d99
  5. #d2c6c4

Shades

#8f736e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8f736e
  2. #816863
  3. #725c58
  4. #64514d
  5. #564542
  6. #483a37
  7. #392e2c
  8. #2b2321
  9. #1d1716
  10. #0e0c0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#8f736e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8f736e
  2. #9a817d
  3. #a58f8b
  4. #b19d9a
  5. #bcaba8
  6. #c7b9b7
  7. #d2c7c5
  8. #ddd5d4
  9. #e9e3e2
  10. #f4f1f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8f736e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8f736e
  2. #8e7470
  3. #8c7672
  4. #8b7773
  5. #897875
  6. #887a77
  7. #867b79
  8. #857c7b
  9. #837d7c
  10. #827f7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #837775 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79766e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f7b6e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #967072 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82756e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86786e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #937170 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8f736e {
  color: #8f736e;
}
Background
.bg-8f736e {
  background-color: #8f736e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8f736e {
  border: 2px solid #8f736e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8f736e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 115 110;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 13% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8f736e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8f736e, #8f846e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8f736e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 115 110 / 0.35);
}

#9f8170 Beaver ΔE 7.60 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 7.80 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.84 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.88 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 11.24 #915f6d Mauve Taupe ΔE 11.34 #a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 11.59 #708c91 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Beaver
#8f736e  rgb(143, 115, 110)  hsl(9, 13%, 50%)  Beaver
#6e8a8f  rgb(110, 138, 143)  hsl(189, 13%, 50%)  Light Slate Gray
#6e8f73  rgb(110, 143, 115)  hsl(129, 13%, 50%)  Xanadu
#736e8f  rgb(115, 110, 143)  hsl(249, 13%, 50%)  Old Lavender