Quiver Tan Color

#8e7f6a

Quiver Tan 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 #718095
Complementary Color #6a798e
Color Shade: orange (35° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 48.63% (better contrasting with white)
Quiver Tan Color Sample
Quiver Tan Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8e7f6a

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Quiver Tan Color. The Herbal Wash color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dusty Mountain (#716d63) for more calm effect. Try Pony Express as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6a798e is the best complementary color to Quiver Tan. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8e7f6a 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 #8e6d6a and #8b8e6a. Thus found on the left and right of #8e7f6a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Opium and Avocado colors as they work well with Quiver Tan.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Quiver Tan palette consists of #6d6a8e and #6a8b8e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a798e). Try Rum and Juniper colors in combination with #8e7f6a, 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 #8e7f6a 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 Quiver Tan. Thus Rum and Viridian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Quiver Tan contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Slate Gray, Laurel, and Strikemaster split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e7f6a 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. Quiver Tan tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6a798e) 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 #6a8e7f and #8e6a78.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8e7f6a is made of 38% red, 34% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Quiver Tan has a hue angle of 35°, a saturation of 14.52% and a lightness of 48.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e7f6a is made of 0% cyan, 5.89% magenta, 14.12% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #8e7f6a
RGB Decimal rgb(142,127,106)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 28%
CMYK 0, 5.89, 14.12, 44.31
HSL hsl(35,14.52%,48.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35,25.35%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.9953,2.2195,13.515)
XYZ xyz(21.3462,21.9701,16.7513)
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