#baaba8

Color #baaba8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.29 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#baaba8

RGB

rgb(186, 171, 168)

HSL

hsl(10, 11.5%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(10, 9.7%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 9.7%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(71.14, 4.87, 3.49)

LCH

lch(71.14, 5.99, 35.63)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.018, 31.13)

HWB

hwb(10, 65.9%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8b7ba

Analogous

#baa8ae

#baaba8

#bab4a8

Triadic

#baaba8

#a8baab

#aba8ba

Split-complementary

#baaba8

#a8bab4

#a8aeba

Tetradic

#baaba8

#b7baa8

#a8b7ba

#aba8ba

Square

#baaba8

#aebaa8

#a8b7ba

#b4a8ba

Shades

Color #baaba8 mixed toward black.

#a08b87

#846d68

#63524e

#423634

#211b1a

Tints

Color #baaba8 mixed toward white.

#c5b9b6

#d1c7c5

#dcd5d3

#e8e3e2

#f3f1f0

Tones

Color #baaba8 mixed toward gray.

#b8aca9

#b7adab

#b5aeac

#b4afae

#b2b0af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4a9 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#b5b6a9 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#b9a9a9 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #baaba8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#baaba8]

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Frequently asked questions

#baaba8 (#baaba8) is rgb(186, 171, 168) in RGB.

No, #baaba8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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