Information about #8E5969 color

#8E5969 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#8E5969 falls into the Rose Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(142, 89, 105) — 55.7% red, 34.9% green, 41.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 21 / 15 / 44. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#8E5969 is a calm, restrained rose that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Mauve Taupe (#915F6D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Renaissance (#885A64) and Cannon Pink (#8E5164).

In RGB terms — rgb(142, 89, 105) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #8E5969: 5.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #8E5969 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#8E5969 color variations

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

#8E5969 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 #8E5969

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

Mauve Taupe color link
Mauve Taupe

#915F6D

Renaissance color link
Renaissance

#885A64

Cannon Pink color link
Cannon Pink

#8E5164

Vin Rouge color link
Vin Rouge

#955264

Rose Taupe color link
Rose Taupe

#905D5D

Arabella color link
Arabella

#85636E

Dark Mauve color link
Dark Mauve

#874C62

Sugar Plum color link
Sugar Plum

#914E75

Copper Rose color link
Copper Rose

#996666

Rose Dust color link
Rose Dust

#9E5E6F

Falcon color link
Falcon

#7F626D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#8E5969
  • RGB142, 89, 105
  • CMYK0, 21, 15, 44
  • CSSrgb(142, 89, 105)
  • HSL342°, 23%, 45%
  • HSL Precise341.887°, 22.944%, 45.294%
  • HSV342°, 37%, 56%
  • HSB342°, 37%, 56%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.412
  • GLSLvec3(0.557, 0.349, 0.412)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.557, 0.349, 0.412, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.557, 0.349, 0.412)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB34.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB41.2%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID8E5969
  • DECIMAL ID9329001
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers7 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01