#b5aaac

Color #b5aaac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.51 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b5aaac

RGB

rgb(181, 170, 172)

HSL

hsl(349.1, 6.9%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.1, 6.1%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 5%, 29%)

LAB

lab(70.56, 4.3, 0.39)

LCH

lch(70.56, 4.32, 5.18)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0129, 4.87)

HWB

hwb(349.1, 66.7%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aab5b3

Analogous

#b5aab1

#b5aaac

#b5adaa

Triadic

#b5aaac

#acb5aa

#aaacb5

Split-complementary

#b5aaac

#aab5ad

#aab1b5

Tetradic

#b5aaac

#b5b3aa

#aab5b3

#aaacb5

Square

#b5aaac

#b1b5aa

#aab5b3

#adaab5

Shades

Color #b5aaac mixed toward black.

#9a8b8d

#7d6d70

#5e5254

#3f3638

#1f1b1c

Tints

Color #b5aaac mixed toward white.

#c1b8ba

#cec6c8

#dad4d5

#e6e3e3

#f3f1f1

Tones

Color #b5aaac mixed toward gray.

#b4abad

#b3acad

#b2adae

#b1aeae

#b0afaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0ac · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#b1b2ab · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#b4abab · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 5.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5aaac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5aaac]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#b5aaac (#b5aaac) is rgb(181, 170, 172) in RGB.

No, #b5aaac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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