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#8A796D

#8a796d ≈ Beaver

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8a796d is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 47.45% green and 42.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.32% magenta, 21.01% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 24.83°, with 11.74% saturation and 48.43% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Beaver (#9f8170), ΔE 6.36.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2018

Complementary

  1. #8a796d
  2. #6d7e8a

Split complementary

  1. #8a796d
  2. #6d8a87
  3. #6d6f8a

Analogous

  1. #8a6d6f
  2. #8a796d
  3. #8a876d

Triadic

  1. #8a796d
  2. #6d8a79
  3. #796d8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a796d
  2. #7e8a6d
  3. #6d7e8a
  4. #796d8a

Square

  1. #8a796d
  2. #6f8a6d
  3. #6d7e8a
  4. #876d8a

Monochromatic

  1. #352e29
  2. #5f544b
  3. #8a796d
  4. #ada097
  5. #cec7c2

Shades

#8a796d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a796d
  2. #7c6d62
  3. #6e6157
  4. #61554c
  5. #534941
  6. #453d37
  7. #37302c
  8. #292421
  9. #1c1816
  10. #0e0c0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a796d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a796d
  2. #96867c
  3. #a1948a
  4. #ada199
  5. #b9afa7
  6. #c5bcb6
  7. #d0c9c5
  8. #dcd7d3
  9. #e8e4e2
  10. #f3f2f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a796d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a796d
  2. #897a6f
  3. #887a71
  4. #877b73
  5. #867c75
  6. #857d77
  7. #847d78
  8. #837e7a
  9. #827f7c
  10. #817f7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #827b76 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e7a6c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #827e6d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #907676 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #837a6d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #857c6d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8d7772 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a796d {
  color: #8a796d;
}
Background
.bg-8a796d {
  background-color: #8a796d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a796d {
  border: 2px solid #8a796d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a796d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 121 109;
  --color-primary-hsl: 25 12% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a796d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a796d, #8a876d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a796d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 121 109 / 0.35);
}

#9f8170 Beaver ΔE 6.36 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.09 #808080 Grey ΔE 9.09 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.18 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.69 #a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 10.17 #826644 Raw Umber ΔE 10.93 #758692 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Beaver
#8a796d  rgb(138, 121, 109)  hsl(25, 12%, 48%)  Beaver
#6d7e8a  rgb(109, 126, 138)  hsl(205, 12%, 48%)  Slate Gray
#6d8a79  rgb(109, 138, 121)  hsl(145, 12%, 48%)  Xanadu
#796d8a  rgb(121, 109, 138)  hsl(265, 12%, 48%)  Old Lavender