Rum #716675

Rum (#716675) is a grey neutral with an OKLCH hue of 317°, lightness 0.53 and chroma 0.027. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#716675
RGBrgb(113, 102, 117)
HSLhsl(284, 7%, 43%)
HSVhsv(284, 13%, 46%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 13%, 0%, 54%)
CIE Lablab(44.7 7.4 -6.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.526 0.027 317)

How Rum behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Rum shifts subtly: takes on a magenta cast; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Rum in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 5.44:1 and against black 3.86:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Rum

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#c5bcc8 · #9f95a2 · #716675 · #574d5a · #352d38 · #171019

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#8a89b1 · #83739e · #716675 · #714b6a · #633a4f · #532c35

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#d0939c · #9d7f83 · #716675 · #5d4366 · #412a49 · #2c1318

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#aed0a0 · #918794 · #716675 · #55455b · #37293c · #1a111d

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#eff4ed · #89828b · #716675 · #4f524e · #251f27 · #010201

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f5f0f6 · #ccc6ce · #716675 · #271f29 · #060207 · #9ad881

Gold Accent

The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.

#f5f0f6 · #ccc6ce · #716675 · #271f29 · #060207 · #e2c24d

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#ebf6e7 · #748e6a · #716675 · #3d5b31 · #112806 · #030004

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#ebf6e7 · #89885d · #716675 · #1d5e49 · #242300 · #000301

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#fbf0e1 · #99815c · #716675 · #005e5f · #002728 · #140800

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ffeee6 · #a47a66 · #716675 · #3d5b31 · #002533 · #000200

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#867C8A · #9C939F · #B2AAB5 · #C8C2CB · #E0DBE1

Shades

#5E5461 · #4B424E · #39323C · #28222B · #18131A

Using Rum

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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