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#8A796E

#8a796e ≈ Beaver

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8a796e 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 43.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.32% magenta, 20.29% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 23.57°, with 11.29% saturation and 48.63% 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 luminance0.202

Complementary

  1. #8a796e
  2. #6e7f8a

Split complementary

  1. #8a796e
  2. #6e8a87
  3. #6e718a

Analogous

  1. #8a6e71
  2. #8a796e
  3. #8a876e

Triadic

  1. #8a796e
  2. #6e8a79
  3. #796e8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a796e
  2. #7f8a6e
  3. #6e7f8a
  4. #796e8a

Square

  1. #8a796e
  2. #718a6e
  3. #6e7f8a
  4. #876e8a

Monochromatic

  1. #352e2a
  2. #5f544c
  3. #8a796e
  4. #ada098
  5. #cfc7c2

Shades

#8a796e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a796e
  2. #7c6d63
  3. #6e6158
  4. #61554d
  5. #534942
  6. #453d37
  7. #37302c
  8. #292421
  9. #1c1816
  10. #0e0c0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a796e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a796e
  2. #96867d
  3. #a1948b
  4. #ada19a
  5. #b9afa8
  6. #c5bcb7
  7. #d0c9c5
  8. #dcd7d4
  9. #e8e4e2
  10. #f3f2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a796e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a796e
  2. #897a70
  3. #887a72
  4. #877b73
  5. #867c75
  6. #857d77
  7. #847d79
  8. #837e7b
  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 #827b77 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e7a6d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #827e6e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8f7676 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #837a6e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #857c6e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8d7773 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a796e {
  color: #8a796e;
}
Background
.bg-8a796e {
  background-color: #8a796e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a796e {
  border: 2px solid #8a796e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a796e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 121 110;
  --color-primary-hsl: 24 11% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a796e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a796e, #8a876e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a796e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 121 110 / 0.35);
}

#9f8170 Beaver ΔE 6.36 #808080 Gray ΔE 8.91 #808080 Grey ΔE 8.91 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.06 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.32 #a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 10.37 #826644 Raw Umber ΔE 11.29 #758691 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Beaver
#8a796e  rgb(138, 121, 110)  hsl(24, 11%, 49%)  Beaver
#6e7f8a  rgb(110, 127, 138)  hsl(204, 11%, 49%)  Slate Gray
#6e8a79  rgb(110, 138, 121)  hsl(144, 11%, 49%)  Xanadu
#796e8a  rgb(121, 110, 138)  hsl(264, 11%, 49%)  Old Lavender