#bfaca9

Color #bfaca9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bfaca9

RGB

rgb(191, 172, 169)

HSL

hsl(8.2, 14.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.2, 11.5%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 11.5%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(71.86, 6.33, 4.03)

LCH

lch(71.86, 7.5, 32.48)

OKLCH

oklch(76%, 0.0225, 28.39)

HWB

hwb(8.2, 66.3%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9bcbf

Analogous

#bfa9b1

#bfaca9

#bfb7a9

Triadic

#bfaca9

#a9bfac

#aca9bf

Split-complementary

#bfaca9

#a9bfb7

#a9b1bf

Tetradic

#bfaca9

#bcbfa9

#a9bcbf

#aca9bf

Square

#bfaca9

#b1bfa9

#a9bcbf

#b7a9bf

Shades

Color #bfaca9 mixed toward black.

#a58b87

#8a6b66

#67504d

#453633

#221b1a

Tints

Color #bfaca9 mixed toward white.

#cabab7

#d4c8c6

#dfd6d4

#eae3e2

#f4f1f1

Tones

Color #bfaca9 mixed toward gray.

#bdadab

#bbafad

#bab0af

#b8b1b0

#b6b3b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7aa · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#b8baaa · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#beaaaa · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 8.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bfaca9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bfaca9]

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Frequently asked questions

#bfaca9 (#bfaca9) is rgb(191, 172, 169) in RGB.

No, #bfaca9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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