Information about #A8695E color

#A8695E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A8695E falls into the Red Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(168, 105, 94) — 65.9% red, 41.2% green, 36.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 25 / 29 / 34. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #A8695E reads as a mildly saturated warm red 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 Quickstep (#A7615F). Slightly further away sit Blast Off Bronze (#A57164) and Coral Tree (#AB6E67).

The recipe behind #A8695E is rgb(168, 105, 94), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A8695E: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. No one has named #A8695E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#A8695E color variations

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#A8695E 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 #A8695E

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

Quickstep color link
Quickstep

#A7615F

Coral Tree color link
Coral Tree

#AB6E67

Au Chico color link
Au Chico

#9E6759

Toast color link
Toast

#9F715F

Copper Penny color link
Copper Penny

#AD6F69

Sante Fe color link
Sante Fe

#A96A50

Claypot color link
Claypot

#AB6950

Brownish color link
Brownish

#9C6D57

Walnut Dyed color link
Walnut Dyed

#9F7462

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A8695E
  • RGB168, 105, 94
  • CMYK0, 25, 29, 34
  • CSSrgb(168, 105, 94)
  • HSL9°, 30%, 51%
  • HSL Precise8.919°, 29.839%, 51.373%
  • HSV9°, 44%, 66%
  • HSB9°, 44%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.412
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.369
  • GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.412, 0.369)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.412, 0.369, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.412, 0.369)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB41.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB36.9%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDA8695E
  • DECIMAL ID11037022
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01