Patches Color

#8a7d6b

Patches 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 #758294
Complementary Color #6a778a
Color Shade: orange (34.84° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 48.04% (better contrasting with white)
Patches Color Sample
Patches Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8a7d6b

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Patches Color. The Secret Passageway color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Nomad (#a19986) for more calm effect. Try Willow Tree as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6a778a is the best complementary color to Patches. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8a7d6b complementary color is Slate Gray, 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 #8a6d6a and #878a6a. Thus found on the left and right of #8a7d6b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Opium and Avocado colors as they work well with Patches.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Patches palette consists of #6d6a8a and #6a878a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a778a). Try Storm Gray and Juniper colors in combination with #8a7d6b, 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 #8a7d6b 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 Patches. Thus Rum and Viridian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Patches contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Slate Gray, Viridian Green, and Strikemaster split by 90° on the color wheel. #8a7d6b 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. Patches tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6a778a) 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 #6a8a7d and #8a6a78.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8a7d6b is made of 37% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Patches has a hue angle of 34.84°, a saturation of 12.65% and a lightness of 48.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8a7d6b is made of 0% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 12.16% yellow and 45.88% black ink.

HEX #8a7d6b
RGB Decimal rgb(138,125,107)
RGB Percentage 37%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 5.1, 12.16, 45.88
HSL hsl(34.84,12.65%,48.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34.84,22.46%,54.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.0937,1.8826,11.6231)
XYZ xyz(20.4687,21.132,16.91)
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