Caffeine Color

#8a796a

Caffeine is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #758695
Complementary Color #697a8a
Color Shade: warm red (28.13° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 47.84% (better contrasting with white)
Caffeine Color Sample
Caffeine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8a796a

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Caffeine Color. The Sandrift color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Mole Grey (#938f8a) for more calm effect. Try Ploughed Earth as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#697a8a is the best complementary color to Caffeine. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8a796a complementary color is Slate Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Makara are #8a696b and #8a8969. Thus found on the left and right of #8a796a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Opium and Avocado colors as they work well with Caffeine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Caffeine palette consists of #696a8a and #698a89 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#697a8a). Try Storm Gray and Juniper colors in combination with #8a796a, 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 #8a796a offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Caffeine. Thus Rum and Viridian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Caffeine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Slate Gray, Glade Green, and Trendy Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #8a796a square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Caffeine tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#697a8a) and two others. The Viridian Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falcon – 120° from the complementary Slate Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #698a79 and #8a697a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8a796a is made of 38% red, 33% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Caffeine has a hue angle of 28.13°, a saturation of 13.11% and a lightness of 47.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8a796a is made of 0% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 12.55% yellow and 45.88% black ink.

HEX #8a796a
RGB Decimal rgb(138,121,106)
RGB Percentage 38%, 33%, 29%
CMYK 0, 6.67, 12.55, 45.88
HSL hsl(28.13,13.11%,47.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(28.13,23.19%,54.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.9711,4.02,10.6302)
XYZ xyz(19.9201,20.1186,16.469)
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