#b5aba4

Color #b5aba4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.59 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b5aba4

RGB

rgb(181, 171, 164)

HSL

hsl(24.7, 10.3%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(24.7, 9.4%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 9.4%, 29%)

LAB

lab(70.62, 2.35, 4.88)

LCH

lch(70.62, 5.42, 64.29)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0153, 57.56)

HWB

hwb(24.7, 64.3%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4aeb5

Analogous

#b5a4a5

#b5aba4

#b5b3a4

Triadic

#b5aba4

#a4b5ab

#aba4b5

Split-complementary

#b5aba4

#a4b5b3

#a4a5b5

Tetradic

#b5aba4

#aeb5a4

#a4aeb5

#aba4b5

Square

#b5aba4

#a5b5a4

#a4aeb5

#b3a4b5

Shades

Color #b5aba4 mixed toward black.

#9b8e84

#7f7167

#5f554d

#3f3834

#201c1a

Tints

Color #b5aba4 mixed toward white.

#c1b9b3

#cec7c2

#dad5d1

#e6e3e1

#f3f1f0

Tones

Color #b5aba4 mixed toward gray.

#b3aba5

#b2aba7

#b1aca8

#afacaa

#aeacab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1a6 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#b1b2a6 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#b5a7a7 · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5aba4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5aba4]

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Frequently asked questions

#b5aba4 (#b5aba4) is rgb(181, 171, 164) in RGB.

No, #b5aba4 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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