#b5aaaa

Color #b5aaaa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.38 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b5aaaa

RGB

rgb(181, 170, 170)

HSL

hsl(0, 6.9%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 6.1%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 6.1%, 29%)

LAB

lab(70.51, 3.94, 1.42)

LCH

lch(70.51, 4.19, 19.82)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.0127, 17.43)

HWB

hwb(0, 66.7%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aab5b5

Analogous

#b5aaaf

#b5aaaa

#b5afaa

Triadic

#b5aaaa

#aab5aa

#aaaab5

Split-complementary

#b5aaaa

#aab5af

#aaafb5

Tetradic

#b5aaaa

#b5b5aa

#aab5b5

#aaaab5

Square

#b5aaaa

#afb5aa

#aab5b5

#afaab5

Shades

Color #b5aaaa mixed toward black.

#9a8b8b

#7d6d6d

#5e5252

#3f3636

#1f1b1b

Tints

Color #b5aaaa mixed toward white.

#c1b8b8

#cec6c6

#dad4d4

#e6e3e3

#f3f1f1

Tones

Color #b5aaaa mixed toward gray.

#b4abab

#b3acac

#b2adad

#b1aeae

#b0afaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0aa · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#b1b2aa · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#b4aaaa · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 5.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5aaaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5aaaa]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#b5aaaa (#b5aaaa) is rgb(181, 170, 170) in RGB.

No, #b5aaaa 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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