Bandicoot Color
Bandicoot is a gray color with hex code #858470. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with bandicoot, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Bandicoot Color Values
What Does Bandicoot Mean?
Bandicoot belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Bandicoot sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Bandicoot is classified as a olive (nearest centroid: light olive gray, #8A8776).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Bandicoot
Bandicoot and #6F7085 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #85796F and #7C856F, which sit beside bandicoot on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair bandicoot with triadic partners #6F8584 and #846F85. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Bitter —
#868974(Delta E 2) - Granite Green —
#8D8974(Delta E 3) - Olive Haze —
#8B8470(Delta E 3) - Stonewall —
#928573(Delta E 5) - Makara —
#897D6D(Delta E 5)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #858470; }
.background { background-color: #858470; }
.border { border: 2px solid #858470; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #85847040; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for bandicoot?
Bandicoot has the hex code #858470. In RGB notation it is rgb(133, 132, 112), in HSL it is hsl(57, 9%, 48%), and its OKLCH value is 0.608, 0.029, 104.9.
What does the color bandicoot mean?
Gray-family colors like bandicoot carry distinct psychological associations. Bandicoot belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Bandicoot sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with bandicoot?
Bandicoot has three easy routes: its complement #6F7085 for punch, its neighbors #85796F and #7C856F for something calmer, or triadic partners #6F8584 and #846F85 when you want energy.
Is bandicoot a standard web color?
No — Bandicoot is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #858470 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make bandicoot lighter or darker?
To lighten bandicoot, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #EAEAE6 (lightest tint) to #161613 (darkest shade).
About Bandicoot
Bandicoot is classified as a Olive in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Gray hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #858470 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.