Taupe color
Taupe is a gray-brown between beige and slate. Its name is the French word for mole. Its hex code is #8B7D6E.
- Hex
- #8B7D6E
- RGB
- 139, 125, 110
- OKLCH
- 59.8% 0.028 69.2
- Value
- 5 of 10
- Family
- Neutral
Is taupe warm or cool?
Close to neutral: it has so little color that it reads as neither, though it leans a little warm. It is a mid-tone color, value 5 of 10. More in warm and cool colors.
Taupe tints, tones and shades
A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. Each row starts with taupe itself.
Tints
#8B7D6E#A19689#B8AFA6#CFC9C3#E7E4E0
Tones
#8B7D6E#897E72#867E75#847F79#827F7C
Shades
#8B7D6E#695F53#49423A#2B2722#100E0C
The opposite of taupe
Opposite taupe on the color wheel sits denim, #626D8C. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Taupe
Denim
Colors that go with taupe
With its opposite
#8B7D6E · #E1DDD9 · #686E7D · #626D8C · #181B24
With its neighbors
#8F7A73 · #8B7D6E · #83806D · #DBD6D1 · #2B2722
One color, light to dark
#EDEBE8 · #847F79 · #8B7D6E · #3A342D · #100E0C
Taupe in paintings
The nearest colors to taupe in our painting palettes.
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