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#8A696F

Mocha · medium warm red

About #8A696F

With the hex code #8A696F, this is a medium red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 41% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 24% magenta, 20% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Mocha — a ΔE of 13.6 — followed by Taupe. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #698A84, a eucalyptus shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 4.85:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (4.85:1).

Colour codes

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Red138
Green105
Blue111

Closest named colours

Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 13.6
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 14.3
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 15.4

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #8A696F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A696F.
4.85:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A696F.
4.33:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #8A696F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8A696F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#6E6E6F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#75746E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#90676B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8A696F?

With the hex code #8A696F, this is a medium red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 41% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 24% magenta, 20% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #8A696F?

Use white text. White on #8A696F has a contrast ratio of 4.85:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #8A696F?

Its complementary colour is #698A84, and analogous partners are #8A697F and #8A7369.