#bdaea9

Color #bdaea9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.03 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bdaea9

RGB

rgb(189, 174, 169)

HSL

hsl(15, 13.2%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(15, 10.6%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 10.6%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(72.2, 4.51, 4.5)

LCH

lch(72.2, 6.37, 44.94)

OKLCH

oklch(76.2%, 0.0188, 39.38)

HWB

hwb(15, 66.3%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b8bd

Analogous

#bda9ae

#bdaea9

#bdb8a9

Triadic

#bdaea9

#a9bdae

#aea9bd

Split-complementary

#bdaea9

#a9bdb8

#a9aebd

Tetradic

#bdaea9

#b8bda9

#a9b8bd

#aea9bd

Square

#bdaea9

#aebda9

#a9b8bd

#b8a9bd

Shades

Color #bdaea9 mixed toward black.

#a38e87

#876f68

#65544e

#443834

#221c1a

Tints

Color #bdaea9 mixed toward white.

#c8bbb7

#d3c9c6

#ded6d4

#e9e4e2

#f4f1f1

Tones

Color #bdaea9 mixed toward gray.

#bbafab

#bab0ac

#b8b1ae

#b6b1b0

#b5b2b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7aa · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#b8b9ab · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#bcabab · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 6.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdaea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdaea9]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Tomato #ff6347

Frequently asked questions

#bdaea9 (#bdaea9) is rgb(189, 174, 169) in RGB.

No, #bdaea9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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