#b5aba9

Color #b5aba9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.24 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b5aba9

RGB

rgb(181, 171, 169)

HSL

hsl(10, 7.5%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(10, 6.6%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 6.6%, 29%)

LAB

lab(70.74, 3.22, 2.31)

LCH

lch(70.74, 3.96, 35.66)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0119, 30.88)

HWB

hwb(10, 66.3%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b3b5

Analogous

#b5a9ad

#b5aba9

#b5b1a9

Triadic

#b5aba9

#a9b5ab

#aba9b5

Split-complementary

#b5aba9

#a9b5b1

#a9adb5

Tetradic

#b5aba9

#b3b5a9

#a9b3b5

#aba9b5

Square

#b5aba9

#adb5a9

#a9b3b5

#b1a9b5

Shades

Color #b5aba9 mixed toward black.

#9a8c8a

#7d6f6c

#5e5351

#3f3736

#1f1c1b

Tints

Color #b5aba9 mixed toward white.

#c1b9b7

#cec7c6

#dad5d4

#e6e3e2

#f3f1f1

Tones

Color #b5aba9 mixed toward gray.

#b4acaa

#b3acab

#b2adac

#b1aead

#b0aeae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1a9 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#b1b2aa · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#b5aaaa · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 4.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5aba9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5aba9]

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Coral #ff7f50

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Frequently asked questions

#b5aba9 (#b5aba9) is rgb(181, 171, 169) in RGB.

No, #b5aba9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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