Restful Brown Color

#8c7e6f

Restful Brown 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 #738190
Complementary Color #6f7d8c
Color Shade: orange (31.03° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.22% (better contrasting with white)
Restful Brown Color Sample
Restful Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8c7e6f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Restful Brown Color. The Livingston color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called York Beige (#aa987f) for more energetic effect. Try European Pine as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6f7d8c is the best complementary color to Restful Brown. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8c7e6f 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 #8c6f6f and #8b8c6f. Thus found on the left and right of #8c7e6f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Opium and Granite Green colors as they work well with Restful Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Restful Brown palette consists of #6f6f8c and #6f8b8c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f7d8c). Try Storm Gray and Juniper colors in combination with #8c7e6f, 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 #8c7e6f 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 Restful Brown. Thus Rum and Blue Smoke giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Restful Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Slate Gray, Laurel, and Mountbatten Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #8c7e6f square combo is a palette of orange, warm 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. Restful Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6f7d8c) and two others. The Blue Smoke is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Empress – 120° from the complementary Slate Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6f8c7e and #8c6f7d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8c7e6f is made of 37% red, 33% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Restful Brown has a hue angle of 31.03°, a saturation of 11.55% and a lightness of 49.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8c7e6f is made of 0% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 11.37% yellow and 45.1% black ink.

HEX #8c7e6f
RGB Decimal rgb(140,126,111)
RGB Percentage 37%, 33%, 29%
CMYK 0, 5.49, 11.37, 45.1
HSL hsl(31.03,11.55%,49.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.03,20.71%,54.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.6481,2.7594,10.1095)
XYZ xyz(21.1453,21.6449,18.1023)
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