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#8A697F

Taupe · medium warm pink

About #8A697F

#8A697F is a medium, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 54% red, 41% green and 50% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 24% magenta, 8% yellow and 46% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Taupe and Eggplant (ΔE 17.0), with Eggplant the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #698A74 (eucalyptus), its complementary partner.

Because it is medium, it is most useful for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 4.76:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (4.76:1).

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Red138
Green105
Blue127

Closest named colours

Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 17.0
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 17.2
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 19.2

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

Text on #8A697F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on taupe #8A697F.
4.76:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on taupe #8A697F.
4.41:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #8A697F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8A697F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#6A7080
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#71747E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8E6A70

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8A697F?

#8A697F is a medium, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 54% red, 41% green and 50% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 24% magenta, 8% yellow and 46% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #8A697F?

Use white text. White on #8A697F has a contrast ratio of 4.76:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #8A697F?

Its complementary colour is #698A74, and analogous partners are #84698A and #8A696E.