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#8A666B

#8a666b ≈ Mauve Taupe

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#8a666b is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 40% green and 41.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.09% magenta, 22.46% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 351.67°, with 15% saturation and 47.06% 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 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Mauve Taupe (#915f6d), ΔE 4.92.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.1597

Complementary

  1. #8a666b
  2. #668a85

Split complementary

  1. #8a666b
  2. #668a73
  3. #667d8a

Analogous

  1. #8a667d
  2. #8a666b
  3. #8a7366

Triadic

  1. #8a666b
  2. #6b8a66
  3. #666b8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a666b
  2. #8a8566
  3. #668a85
  4. #666b8a

Square

  1. #8a666b
  2. #7d8a66
  3. #668a85
  4. #73668a

Monochromatic

  1. #322527
  2. #5e4549
  3. #8a666b
  4. #ad9094
  5. #cdbcbe

Shades

#8a666b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a666b
  2. #7c5c60
  3. #6e5256
  4. #61474b
  5. #533d40
  6. #453336
  7. #37292b
  8. #291f20
  9. #1c1415
  10. #0e0a0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a666b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a666b
  2. #96757a
  3. #a18589
  4. #ad9497
  5. #b9a3a6
  6. #c5b3b5
  7. #d0c2c4
  8. #dcd1d3
  9. #e8e0e1
  10. #f3f0f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a666b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a666b
  2. #89696d
  3. #886b6f
  4. #876e71
  5. #867073
  6. #857376
  7. #847678
  8. #83787a
  9. #827b7c
  10. #817d7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6f6f6f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b6c6e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6b6b6b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #74726a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #916368 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79696b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d6d6b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8e6469 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a666b {
  color: #8a666b;
}
Background
.bg-8a666b {
  background-color: #8a666b;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-8a666b {
  border: 2px solid #8a666b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a666b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 102 107;
  --color-primary-hsl: 352 15% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a666b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a666b, #8a7366);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a666b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 102 107 / 0.35);
}

#915f6d Mauve Taupe ΔE 4.92 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 4.98 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 8.14 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.72 #7c4848 Tuscan Red ΔE 10.87 #a45a52 Redwood ΔE 10.92 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 11.23 #759994 Inverted #6f6f6f Grayscale 

Mauve Taupe
#8a666b  rgb(138, 102, 107)  hsl(352, 15%, 47%)  Mauve Taupe
#668a85  rgb(102, 138, 133)  hsl(172, 15%, 47%)  Xanadu
#6b8a66  rgb(107, 138, 102)  hsl(112, 15%, 47%)  Xanadu
#666b8a  rgb(102, 107, 138)  hsl(232, 15%, 47%)  Old Lavender