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#8A8469

Mocha · medium warm brown

About #8A8469

With the hex code #8A8469, this is a medium brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 52% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 24% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Mocha — a ΔE of 11.6 — followed by Mushroom. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #696F8A, 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 — 5.59:1, a WCAG AA pass.

Colour codes

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Red138
Green132
Blue105

Closest named colours

Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 11.6
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 13.2
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 15.7

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

Text on #8A8469

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A8469.
3.76:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A8469.
5.59:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8A8469 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8A8469
Protanopia (no red cones)
#8A8267
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#8B856A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8F807D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8A8469?

With the hex code #8A8469, this is a medium brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 52% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 24% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #8A8469?

Use black text. Black on #8A8469 has a contrast ratio of 5.59:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #8A8469?

Its complementary colour is #696F8A, and analogous partners are #8A7369 and #7F8A69.