Information about #897A74 color

#897A74 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#897A74 falls into the Orange Color Family — Desaturated, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(137, 122, 116) — 53.7% red, 47.8% green, 45.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 6 / 8 / 46. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #897A74 reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Americano (#8A7D72). Slightly further away sit Soft Chocolate (#867970) and Eighth Felix (#897C79).

In RGB terms — rgb(137, 122, 116) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #897A74 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#897A74 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#897A74 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #897A74

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Americano color link
Americano

#8A7D72

Eighth Felix color link
Eighth Felix

#897C79

Hurricane color link
Hurricane

#8B7E77

Pravda color link
Pravda

#888071

Portland color link
Portland

#847E71

Half Buffalo color link
Half Buffalo

#89756F

Otter color link
Otter

#8F7B70

Stonewashed color link
Stonewashed

#8D8072

Stonehenge color link
Stonehenge

#827A71

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#897A74
  • RGB137, 122, 116
  • CMYK0, 6, 8, 46
  • CSSrgb(137, 122, 116)
  • HSL17°, 8%, 50%
  • HSL Precise17.143°, 8.3%, 49.608%
  • HSV17°, 15%, 54%
  • HSB17°, 15%, 54%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.537
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.478
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.455
  • GLSLvec3(0.537, 0.478, 0.455)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.537, 0.478, 0.455, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.537, 0.478, 0.455)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB53.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB47.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID897A74
  • DECIMAL ID9009780
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01