Touch of Class Color

#8e6f6e

Touch of Class is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #719091
Complementary Color #6e8c8e
Color Shade: mid red (1.87° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.41% (better contrasting with white)
Touch of Class Color Sample
Touch of Class Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8e6f6e

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Touch of Class Color. The Mauverine color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Sultry Spell (#716563) for more calm effect. Try Warm Haze as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6e8c8e is the best complementary color to Touch of Class. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8e6f6e complementary color is Juniper, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Opium are #8e6e7c and #8e7f6e. Thus found on the left and right of #8e6f6e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bazaar and Makara colors as they work well with Touch of Class.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Touch of Class palette consists of #6e7d8e and #6e8e7f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e8c8e). Try Slate Gray and Viridian Green colors in combination with #8e6f6e, 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 #8e6f6e offers a combination of cool blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Touch of Class. Thus Storm Gray and Laurel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Touch of Class contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Juniper, Battleship Gray, and Rum split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e6f6e square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Touch of Class tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#6e8c8e) and two others. The Laurel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountbatten Pink – 120° from the complementary Juniper. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6e8e6f and #8e6e8d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8e6f6e is made of 39% red, 31% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Touch of Class has a hue angle of 1.87°, a saturation of 12.7% and a lightness of 49.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e6f6e is made of 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 12.55% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #8e6f6e
RGB Decimal rgb(142,111,110)
RGB Percentage 39%, 31%, 30%
CMYK 0, 12.16, 12.55, 44.31
HSL hsl(1.87,12.7%,49.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(1.87,22.54%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.7925,12.0832,5.2414)
XYZ xyz(19.6542,18.2455,17.2377)
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