Teakwood 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 | #728192 |
| Complementary Color | #6c7c8d |
| Color Shade: | orange (31.88° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 49.02% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Teakwood Color. The Homebush color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Burnished Pewter (#716a62) for more calm effect. Try Grullo as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#6c7c8d is the best complementary color to Teakwood. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8d7e6d complementary color is Slate Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #8d6d6c and #8c8d6c. Thus found on the left and right of #8d7e6d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Opium and Avocado colors as they work well with Teakwood.
The split-complementary Teakwood palette consists of #6d6c8d and #6c8c8d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6c7c8d). Try Storm Gray and Juniper colors in combination with #8d7e6d, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #8d7e6d 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 Teakwood. Thus Rum and Viridian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Teakwood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Slate Gray, Laurel, and Strikemaster split by 90° on the color wheel. #8d7e6d square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Teakwood tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6c7c8d) and two others. The Viridian Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Opium – 120° from the complementary Slate Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6c8d7e and #8d6c7b.
In a RGB color space, hex #8d7e6d is made of 38% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Teakwood has a hue angle of 31.88°, a saturation of 12.8% and a lightness of 49.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8d7e6d is made of 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 12.54% yellow and 44.71% black ink.
| HEX | #8d7e6d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(141,126,109) |
| RGB Percentage | 38%, 34%, 29% |
| CMYK | 0, 5.88, 12.54, 44.71 |
| HSL | hsl(31.88,12.8%,49.02%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(31.88,22.7%,55.29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.695,2.8455,11.3479) |
| XYZ | xyz(21.2057,21.6886,17.5366) |