Cement Color
Cement is a brown color with hex code #8D7662. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with cement, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Cement Color Values
What Does Cement Mean?
Cement belongs to the brown family of colors. Brown is earth, wood, and coffee, and it behaves accordingly: grounded, unbothered, dependable. Craft brands, leather goods, and rustic interiors all borrow that steadiness. When brown looks cheap, that's a styling choice rather than the color's fault. Cement sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Cement is classified as a brown (nearest centroid: light grayish brown, #958070).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Cement
Cement and #62798D 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 — #8D6264 and #8D8C62, which sit beside cement on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair cement with triadic partners #628D76 and #76628D. 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
- Domino —
#8E775E(Delta E 3) - Brownish Grey —
#86775F(Delta E 4) - Shadow —
#8A795D(Delta E 5) - Makara —
#897D6D(Delta E 6) - Beaver —
#9F8170(Delta E 6)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #8D7662; }
.background { background-color: #8D7662; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8D7662; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #8D766240; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for cement?
Cement has the hex code #8D7662. In RGB notation it is rgb(141, 118, 98), in HSL it is hsl(28, 18%, 47%), and its OKLCH value is 0.582, 0.041, 62.9.
What does the color cement mean?
Brown-family colors like cement carry distinct psychological associations. Cement belongs to the brown family of colors. Brown is earth, wood, and coffee, and it behaves accordingly: grounded, unbothered, dependable. Craft brands, leather goods, and rustic interiors all borrow that steadiness. When brown looks cheap, that's a styling choice rather than the color's fault. Cement sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with cement?
Cement has three easy routes: its complement #62798D for punch, its neighbors #8D6264 and #8D8C62 for something calmer, or triadic partners #628D76 and #76628D when you want energy.
Is cement a standard web color?
No — Cement is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #8D7662 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make cement lighter or darker?
To lighten cement, 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 #ECE8E4 (lightest tint) to #181411 (darkest shade).
About Cement
Cement is classified as a Brown in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Brown hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #8D7662 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.