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#8A6F71

Mocha · medium warm gray

About #8A6F71

#8A6F71 is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 54% red, 44% green and 44% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 18% yellow and 46% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Mocha (ΔE 11.0); Taupe comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #6F8A88 — a eucalyptus tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #8A6F71 for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put black text on top of it — 4.59:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (4.57:1).

Colour codes

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Red138
Green111
Blue113

Closest named colours

Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 11.0
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 11.2
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #8A6F71

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A6F71.
4.57:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A6F71.
4.59:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8A6F71 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8A6F71
Protanopia (no red cones)
#737371
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#797771
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#906D70

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8A6F71?

#8A6F71 is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 54% red, 44% green and 44% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 18% yellow and 46% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #8A6F71?

Use black text. Black on #8A6F71 has a contrast ratio of 4.59:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #8A6F71?

Its complementary colour is #6F8A88, and analogous partners are #8A6F7E and #8A7B6F.