#b4acaa

Color #b4acaa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.65 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b4acaa

RGB

rgb(180, 172, 170)

HSL

hsl(12, 6.3%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12, 5.6%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 5.6%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(70.95, 2.49, 2.05)

LCH

lch(70.95, 3.23, 39.46)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0097, 34.02)

HWB

hwb(12, 66.7%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aab2b4

Analogous

#b4aaad

#b4acaa

#b4b1aa

Triadic

#b4acaa

#aab4ac

#acaab4

Split-complementary

#b4acaa

#aab4b1

#aaadb4

Tetradic

#b4acaa

#b2b4aa

#aab2b4

#acaab4

Square

#b4acaa

#adb4aa

#aab2b4

#b1aab4

Shades

Color #b4acaa mixed toward black.

#998e8b

#7c706d

#5d5452

#3e3837

#1f1c1b

Tints

Color #b4acaa mixed toward white.

#c0bab8

#cdc8c6

#d9d5d4

#e6e3e3

#f2f1f1

Tones

Color #b4acaa mixed toward gray.

#b3acab

#b2adac

#b1adac

#b1aead

#b0aeae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1aa · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#b1b2ab · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#b4abab · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 3.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4acaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4acaa]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#b4acaa (#b4acaa) is rgb(180, 172, 170) in RGB.

No, #b4acaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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