City Loft Color

#a79b8a

City Loft 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 #586475
Complementary Color #8a96a7
Color Shade: orange (35.17° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 59.8% (better contrasting with white)
City Loft Color Sample
City Loft Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a79b8a

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to City Loft Color. The Ridgecrest 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 Water Wheel (#a28566) for more energetic effect. Try Crust as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8a96a7 is the best complementary color to City Loft. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a79b8a complementary color is Regent 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 Zorba are #a78c8a and #a4a78a. Thus found on the left and right of #a79b8a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Del Rio and Sage colors as they work well with City Loft.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary City Loft palette consists of #8c8aa7 and #8aa4a7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8a96a7). Try Manatee and Granny Smith colors in combination with #a79b8a, 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 #a79b8a 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 City Loft. Thus Amethyst Smoke and Cascade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of City Loft contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Regent Gray, Envy, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #a79b8a 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. City Loft tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#8a96a7) and two others. The Cascade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dusty Gray – 120° from the complementary Regent Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8aa79b and #a78a96.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a79b8a is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode City Loft has a hue angle of 35.17°, a saturation of 14.15% and a lightness of 59.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a79b8a is made of 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 11.37% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #a79b8a
RGB Decimal rgb(167,155,138)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 30%
CMYK 0, 4.71, 11.37, 34.51
HSL hsl(35.17,14.15%,59.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.17,17.37%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.5582,1.4876,10.4956)
XYZ xyz(32.2451,33.4932,28.8101)
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