#b3aca6

Color #b3aca6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.48 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b3aca6

RGB

rgb(179, 172, 166)

HSL

hsl(27.7, 7.9%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(27.7, 7.3%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 7.3%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(70.76, 1.42, 3.97)

LCH

lch(70.76, 4.22, 70.32)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0118, 63.22)

HWB

hwb(27.7, 65.1%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6adb3

Analogous

#b3a6a6

#b3aca6

#b3b2a6

Triadic

#b3aca6

#a6b3ac

#aca6b3

Split-complementary

#b3aca6

#a6b3b2

#a6a6b3

Tetradic

#b3aca6

#adb3a6

#a6adb3

#aca6b3

Square

#b3aca6

#a6b3a6

#a6adb3

#b2a6b3

Shades

Color #b3aca6 mixed toward black.

#988f87

#7c726a

#5d564f

#3e3935

#1f1d1a

Tints

Color #b3aca6 mixed toward white.

#c0bab5

#ccc8c4

#d9d5d2

#e6e3e1

#f2f1f0

Tones

Color #b3aca6 mixed toward gray.

#b2aca7

#b1aca8

#b0aca9

#afacaa

#adacab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0a7 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#b0b1a8 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#b3a9a9 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 4.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3aca6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3aca6]

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Linen #faf0e6

Chocolate #d2691e

Saddle Brown #8b4513

Frequently asked questions

#b3aca6 (#b3aca6) is rgb(179, 172, 166) in RGB.

No, #b3aca6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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