#b3afae

Color #b3afae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 2.98 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b3afae

RGB

rgb(179, 175, 174)

HSL

hsl(12, 3.2%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12, 2.8%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 2.8%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(71.76, 1.23, 1.01)

LCH

lch(71.76, 1.59, 39.39)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0048, 34.02)

HWB

hwb(12, 68.2%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb2b3

Analogous

#b3aeaf

#b3afae

#b3b1ae

Triadic

#b3afae

#aeb3af

#afaeb3

Split-complementary

#b3afae

#aeb3b1

#aeafb3

Tetradic

#b3afae

#b2b3ae

#aeb2b3

#afaeb3

Square

#b3afae

#afb3ae

#aeb2b3

#b1aeb3

Shades

Color #b3afae mixed toward black.

#979190

#797372

#5b5755

#3d3a39

#1e1d1c

Tints

Color #b3afae mixed toward white.

#c0bcbb

#cccac9

#d9d7d6

#e6e4e4

#f2f2f1

Tones

Color #b3afae mixed toward gray.

#b3afae

#b2afaf

#b2b0af

#b1b0b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1ae · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b2b2ae · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#b3aeae · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3afae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3afae]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#b3afae (#b3afae) is rgb(179, 175, 174) in RGB.

No, #b3afae 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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