#b6aba9

Color #b6aba9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.61 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b6aba9

RGB

rgb(182, 171, 169)

HSL

hsl(9.2, 8.2%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(9.2, 7.1%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6%, 7.1%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(70.83, 3.58, 2.44)

LCH

lch(70.83, 4.33, 34.28)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.013, 29.91)

HWB

hwb(9.2, 66.3%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b4b6

Analogous

#b6a9ad

#b6aba9

#b6b1a9

Triadic

#b6aba9

#a9b6ab

#aba9b6

Split-complementary

#b6aba9

#a9b6b1

#a9adb6

Tetradic

#b6aba9

#b4b6a9

#a9b4b6

#aba9b6

Square

#b6aba9

#adb6a9

#a9b4b6

#b1a9b6

Shades

Color #b6aba9 mixed toward black.

#9b8c89

#7f6e6b

#5f5351

#3f3736

#201c1b

Tints

Color #b6aba9 mixed toward white.

#c2b9b7

#cec7c6

#dad5d4

#e7e3e2

#f3f1f1

Tones

Color #b6aba9 mixed toward gray.

#b5acaa

#b4acab

#b3adac

#b2aead

#b1afae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1a9 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#b2b3aa · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#b5aaaa · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6aba9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6aba9]

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Frequently asked questions

#b6aba9 (#b6aba9) is rgb(182, 171, 169) in RGB.

No, #b6aba9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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