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#8A7E69

Mocha · medium warm brown

About #8A7E69

With the hex code #8A7E69, this is a medium brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 49% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 24% 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 7.8 — followed by Mushroom. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #69758A, 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 — 5.27:1, a WCAG AA pass.

Colour codes

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Red138
Green126
Blue105

Closest named colours

Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 7.8
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 12.7
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 13.2

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

Text on #8A7E69

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A7E69.
3.99:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A7E69.
5.27:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8A7E69 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8A7E69
Protanopia (no red cones)
#847E68
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#87816A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#907A78

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8A7E69?

With the hex code #8A7E69, this is a medium brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 49% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 24% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #8A7E69?

Use black text. Black on #8A7E69 has a contrast ratio of 5.27:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #8A7E69?

Its complementary colour is #69758A, and analogous partners are #8A6E69 and #858A69.