Information about #897D78 color

#897D78 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#897D78 falls into the Orange Color Family — Desaturated, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(137, 125, 120) — 53.7% red, 49% green, 47.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 5 / 7 / 46. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#897D78 is a softly muted balanced grey tone that carries an easy, daylight feel. It is a natural fit for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Eighth Felix (#897C79). Slightly further away sit Hurricane (#8B7E77) and Half Sandstone (#8B8176).

In RGB terms — rgb(137, 125, 120) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #897D78 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#897D78 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#897D78 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #897D78

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Eighth Felix color link
Eighth Felix

#897C79

Hurricane color link
Hurricane

#8B7E77

Americano color link
Americano

#8A7D72

Friar Grey color link
Friar Grey

#86837A

Taupe Grey color link
Taupe Grey

#898478

Granite color link
Granite

#837E7C

Concord color link
Concord

#827F79

Pravda color link
Pravda

#888071

Stonewashed color link
Stonewashed

#8D8072

Schooner color link
Schooner

#8D8478

Castle Rock color link
Castle Rock

#858477

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#897D78
  • RGB137, 125, 120
  • CMYK0, 5, 7, 46
  • CSSrgb(137, 125, 120)
  • HSL18°, 7%, 50%
  • HSL Precise17.647°, 6.719%, 50.392%
  • HSV18°, 12%, 54%
  • HSB18°, 12%, 54%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.537
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.490
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.471
  • GLSLvec3(0.537, 0.490, 0.471)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.537, 0.490, 0.471, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.537, 0.490, 0.471)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB53.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB49%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID897D78
  • DECIMAL ID9010552
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01