#bbaea5

Color #bbaea5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.51 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bbaea5

RGB

rgb(187, 174, 165)

HSL

hsl(24.5, 13.9%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(24.5, 11.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7%, 11.8%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(71.93, 3.1, 6.29)

LCH

lch(71.93, 7.01, 63.76)

OKLCH

oklch(75.9%, 0.0197, 57.04)

HWB

hwb(24.5, 64.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5b2bb

Analogous

#bba5a7

#bbaea5

#bbb9a5

Triadic

#bbaea5

#a5bbae

#aea5bb

Split-complementary

#bbaea5

#a5bbb9

#a5a7bb

Tetradic

#bbaea5

#b2bba5

#a5b2bb

#aea5bb

Square

#bbaea5

#a7bba5

#a5b2bb

#b9a5bb

Shades

Color #bbaea5 mixed toward black.

#a29084

#867265

#64564c

#433932

#211d19

Tints

Color #bbaea5 mixed toward white.

#c6bbb4

#d2c9c3

#ddd6d2

#e8e4e1

#f4f1f0

Tones

Color #bbaea5 mixed toward gray.

#b9aea7

#b7afa9

#b5afaa

#b4afac

#b2b0ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b5a7 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#b6b7a8 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#baa9a9 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbaea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbaea5]

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Frequently asked questions

#bbaea5 (#bbaea5) is rgb(187, 174, 165) in RGB.

No, #bbaea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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