#bba8a9

Color #bba8a9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.42 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bba8a9

RGB

rgb(187, 168, 169)

HSL

hsl(356.8, 12.3%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(356.8, 10.2%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 9.6%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(70.48, 7.04, 1.99)

LCH

lch(70.48, 7.32, 15.78)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0222, 14.1)

HWB

hwb(356.8, 65.9%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8bbba

Analogous

#bba8b2

#bba8a9

#bbb0a8

Triadic

#bba8a9

#a9bba8

#a8a9bb

Split-complementary

#bba8a9

#a8bbb0

#a8b2bb

Tetradic

#bba8a9

#bbbaa8

#a8bbba

#a8a9bb

Square

#bba8a9

#b2bba8

#a8bbba

#b0a8bb

Shades

Color #bba8a9 mixed toward black.

#a18788

#856869

#644e4f

#423435

#211a1a

Tints

Color #bba8a9 mixed toward white.

#c6b6b7

#d2c5c6

#ddd3d4

#e8e2e2

#f4f0f1

Tones

Color #bba8a9 mixed toward gray.

#b9aaaa

#b8abac

#b6adad

#b5aeaf

#b3b0b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3a9 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#b4b6a9 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#baa9a9 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 8.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bba8a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bba8a9]

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Frequently asked questions

#bba8a9 (#bba8a9) is rgb(187, 168, 169) in RGB.

No, #bba8a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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