#b29595

Color #b29595

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 6.75 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#b29595

RGB

rgb(178, 149, 149)

HSL

hsl(0, 15.8%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 16.3%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 16.3%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(64.27, 10.8, 4.04)

LCH

lch(64.27, 11.53, 20.51)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0348, 18.07)

HWB

hwb(0, 58.4%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95b2b2

Analogous

#b295a3

#b29595

#b2a395

Triadic

#b29595

#95b295

#9595b2

Split-complementary

#b29595

#95b2a3

#95a3b2

Tetradic

#b29595

#b2b295

#95b2b2

#9595b2

Square

#b29595

#a3b295

#95b2b2

#a395b2

Shades

Color #b29595 mixed toward black.

#9b7575

#7e5c5c

#5f4545

#3f2e2e

#201717

Tints

Color #b29595 mixed toward white.

#bfa7a7

#ccb8b8

#d8caca

#e5dcdc

#f2eded

Tones

Color #b29595 mixed toward gray.

#b09797

#ad9a9a

#ab9c9c

#a89f9f

#a6a1a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a695 · ΔE 18.5

Deuteranopia

#a8aa95 · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#b19595 · ΔE 0.3

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 12.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b29595;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b29595]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#b29595 (#b29595) is rgb(178, 149, 149) in RGB.

No, #b29595 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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