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#8A755D

Mocha · medium warm brown

About #8A755D

With the hex code #8A755D, this is a medium brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 46% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 33% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Mocha — a ΔE of 6.0 — followed by Mocha Mousse. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5D728A, a slate gray shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put black text on top of it — 4.78:1, a WCAG AA pass.

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Red138
Green117
Blue93

Closest named colours

Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 6.0
Mocha Mousse
#A47864 · ΔE 10.9
Coffee
#6F4E37 · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #8A755D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A755D.
4.39:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A755D.
4.78:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8A755D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8A755D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#7D765B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#827A5D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#92706F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8A755D?

With the hex code #8A755D, this is a medium brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 46% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 33% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #8A755D?

Use black text. Black on #8A755D has a contrast ratio of 4.78:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #8A755D?

Its complementary colour is #5D728A, and analogous partners are #8A5E5D and #888A5D.