#b3aba5

Color #b3aba5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.65 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b3aba5

RGB

rgb(179, 171, 165)

HSL

hsl(25.7, 8.4%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(25.7, 7.8%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 7.8%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(70.47, 1.79, 4.11)

LCH

lch(70.47, 4.48, 66.47)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0126, 59.35)

HWB

hwb(25.7, 64.7%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5adb3

Analogous

#b3a5a6

#b3aba5

#b3b2a5

Triadic

#b3aba5

#a5b3ab

#aba5b3

Split-complementary

#b3aba5

#a5b3b2

#a5a6b3

Tetradic

#b3aba5

#adb3a5

#a5adb3

#aba5b3

Square

#b3aba5

#a6b3a5

#a5adb3

#b2a5b3

Shades

Color #b3aba5 mixed toward black.

#998e86

#7c7169

#5d554f

#3e3935

#1f1c1a

Tints

Color #b3aba5 mixed toward white.

#c0b9b4

#ccc7c3

#d9d5d2

#e6e3e1

#f2f1f0

Tones

Color #b3aba5 mixed toward gray.

#b2aba6

#b1aba7

#b0aca9

#aeacaa

#adacab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0a6 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#b0b1a7 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#b3a8a8 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 4.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3aba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3aba5]

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Frequently asked questions

#b3aba5 (#b3aba5) is rgb(179, 171, 165) in RGB.

No, #b3aba5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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