#bdaaaa

Color #bdaaaa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.55 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bdaaaa

RGB

rgb(189, 170, 170)

HSL

hsl(0, 12.6%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 10.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 10.1%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(71.19, 6.85, 2.5)

LCH

lch(71.19, 7.29, 20.05)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.022, 17.7)

HWB

hwb(0, 66.7%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aabdbd

Analogous

#bdaab4

#bdaaaa

#bdb4aa

Triadic

#bdaaaa

#aabdaa

#aaaabd

Split-complementary

#bdaaaa

#aabdb4

#aab4bd

Tetradic

#bdaaaa

#bdbdaa

#aabdbd

#aaaabd

Square

#bdaaaa

#b4bdaa

#aabdbd

#b4aabd

Shades

Color #bdaaaa mixed toward black.

#a38888

#876969

#654e4e

#433434

#221a1a

Tints

Color #bdaaaa mixed toward white.

#c8b8b8

#d3c6c6

#ded5d5

#e9e3e3

#f4f1f1

Tones

Color #bdaaaa mixed toward gray.

#bbacac

#baadad

#b8afaf

#b7b0b0

#b5b2b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5aa · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#b6b8aa · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#bcaaaa · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 8.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bdaaaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdaaaa]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#bdaaaa (#bdaaaa) is rgb(189, 170, 170) in RGB.

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

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