Information about #8B5F4B color

#8B5F4B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#8B5F4B falls into the Orange Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(139, 95, 75) — 54.5% red, 37.3% green, 29.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 17 / 25 / 45. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #8B5F4B reads as a moderately toned warm orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Spicy Mix (#8B5F4D). Slightly further away sit Lone Ranger (#87614F) and Dark Brown Tangelo (#88654E).

The recipe behind #8B5F4B is rgb(139, 95, 75), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #8B5F4B: 5.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#8B5F4B color variations

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#8B5F4B 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 #8B5F4B

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

Spicy Mix color link
Spicy Mix

#8B5F4D

Lone Ranger color link
Lone Ranger

#87614F

Cocoa color link
Cocoa

#875F42

Dark Wood color link
Dark Wood

#855E42

Radiance color link
Radiance

#8F5743

Authentic color link
Authentic

#8A6843

Raw Umber color link
Raw Umber

#826644

Potters Clay color link
Potters Clay

#845C40

Lotus color link
Lotus

#8B504B

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#8B5F4B
  • RGB139, 95, 75
  • CMYK0, 17, 25, 45
  • CSSrgb(139, 95, 75)
  • HSL19°, 30%, 42%
  • HSL Precise18.75°, 29.907%, 41.961%
  • HSV19°, 46%, 55%
  • HSB19°, 46%, 55%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.373
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.294
  • GLSLvec3(0.545, 0.373, 0.294)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.545, 0.373, 0.294, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.545, 0.373, 0.294)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB54.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB37.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB29.4%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID8B5F4B
  • DECIMAL ID9133899
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01