#b4afad

Color #b4afad

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.36 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b4afad

RGB

rgb(180, 175, 173)

HSL

hsl(17.1, 4.5%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(17.1, 3.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 3.9%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(71.81, 1.41, 1.65)

LCH

lch(71.81, 2.17, 49.48)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.0064, 43.11)

HWB

hwb(17.1, 67.8%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adb2b4

Analogous

#b4adae

#b4afad

#b4b2ad

Triadic

#b4afad

#adb4af

#afadb4

Split-complementary

#b4afad

#adb4b2

#adaeb4

Tetradic

#b4afad

#b2b4ad

#adb2b4

#afadb4

Square

#b4afad

#aeb4ad

#adb2b4

#b2adb4

Shades

Color #b4afad mixed toward black.

#98918e

#7b7370

#5c5754

#3d3a38

#1f1d1c

Tints

Color #b4afad mixed toward white.

#c0bcbb

#cdcac8

#d9d7d6

#e6e4e4

#f2f2f1

Tones

Color #b4afad mixed toward gray.

#b3afae

#b2b0af

#b1b0b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2ad · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#b2b3ae · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#b4aeae · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 2.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4afad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4afad]

Related colors

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Sienna #a0522d

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#b4afad (#b4afad) is rgb(180, 175, 173) in RGB.

No, #b4afad 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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