Solitary Slate Color

#80796d

Solitary Slate is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #7f8692
Complementary Color #6d7480
Color Shade: orange (37.89° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.47% (better contrasting with white)
Solitary Slate Color Sample
Solitary Slate Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #80796d

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Solitary Slate Color. The Soya Bean color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Flannel (#9e917c) for more energetic effect. Try Introspective as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6d7480 is the best complementary color to Solitary Slate. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #80796d complementary color is Pale Sky, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Makara are #806f6d and #7d806d. Thus found on the left and right of #80796d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spicy Pink and Bandicoot colors as they work well with Solitary Slate.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Solitary Slate palette consists of #6f6d80 and #6d7d80 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6d7480). Try Storm Gray and Sirocco colors in combination with #80796d, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #80796d offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Solitary Slate. Thus Mobster and Blue Smoke giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Solitary Slate contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Sky, Xanadu, and Fedora split by 90° on the color wheel. #80796d square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Solitary Slate tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6d7480) and two others. The Blue Smoke is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spicy Pink – 120° from the complementary Pale Sky. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6d8079 and #806d73.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #80796d is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Solitary Slate has a hue angle of 37.89°, a saturation of 8.02% and a lightness of 46.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #80796d is made of 0% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 7.45% yellow and 49.8% black ink.

HEX #80796d
RGB Decimal rgb(128,121,109)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 30%
CMYK 0, 2.75, 7.45, 49.8
HSL hsl(37.89,8.02%,46.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.89,14.84%,50.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.1151,0.476,7.5349)
XYZ xyz(18.4998,19.3681,17.2314)
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