Poised Taupe Color

#8c7e78

Poised Taupe 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 #738187
Complementary Color #77858c
Color Shade: warm red (18° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.98% (better contrasting with white)
Poised Taupe Color Sample
Poised Taupe Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8c7e78

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Poised Taupe Color. The Plumburn color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Braid (#77675b) for more energetic effect. Try Red Stone as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#77858c is the best complementary color to Poised Taupe. 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 #8c7e78 complementary color is Rolling Stone, 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 Squirrel are #8c777b and #8c8877. Thus found on the left and right of #8c7e78 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Empress and Granite Green colors as they work well with Poised Taupe.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Poised Taupe palette consists of #777b8c and #778c88 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#77858c). Try Storm Gray and Blue Smoke colors in combination with #8c7e78, 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 #8c7e78 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 Poised Taupe. Thus Topaz and Xanadu giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Poised Taupe contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Rolling Stone, Battleship Gray, and Mamba split by 90° on the color wheel. #8c7e78 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. Poised Taupe tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#77858c) and two others. The Xanadu is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountbatten Pink – 120° from the complementary Rolling Stone. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #778c7d and #8c7785.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8c7e78 is made of 36% red, 33% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Poised Taupe has a hue angle of 18°, a saturation of 8% and a lightness of 50.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8c7e78 is made of 0% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 7.84% yellow and 45.1% black ink.

HEX #8c7e78
RGB Decimal rgb(140,126,120)
RGB Percentage 36%, 33%, 31%
CMYK 0, 5.49, 7.84, 45.1
HSL hsl(18,8%,50.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(18,14.29%,54.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.8709,4.2669,5.1978)
XYZ xyz(21.6662,21.8532,20.8455)
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