Grant Grey is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #6e7075 |
| Complementary Color | #8a8b91 |
| Color Shade: | orange (42.86° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 55.49% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Grant Grey Color. The Native Soil color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Tidal Thicket (#8b866b) for more energetic effect. Try Chatroom as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#8a8b91 is the best complementary color to Grant Grey. Cool blue shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #918f8a complementary color is Oslo Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Natural Gray are #918b8a and #8f918a. Thus found on the left and right of #918f8a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Schooner and Lemon Grass colors as they work well with Grant Grey.
The split-complementary Grant Grey palette consists of #8b8a91 and #8a8f91 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8a8b91). Try Jumbo and Oslo Gray colors in combination with #918f8a, 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 #918f8a 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 Grant Grey. Thus Mountain Mist and Gunsmoke giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Grant Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oslo Gray, Stack, and Venus split by 90° on the color wheel. #918f8a square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Grant Grey tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#8a8b91) and two others. The Gunsmoke is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gray – 120° from the complementary Oslo Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8a918f and #918a8b.
In a RGB color space, hex #918f8a is made of 34% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Grant Grey has a hue angle of 42.86°, a saturation of 3.08% and a lightness of 55.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #918f8a is made of 0% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 2.74% yellow and 43.14% black ink.
| HEX | #918f8a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(145,143,138) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 34%, 32% |
| CMYK | 0, 0.78, 2.74, 43.14 |
| HSL | hsl(42.86,3.08%,55.49%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(42.86,4.83%,56.86%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.434,-0.2101,2.9091) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.087,27.4996,27.9778) |