#b5afaa

Color #b5afaa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.38 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b5afaa

RGB

rgb(181, 175, 170)

HSL

hsl(27.3, 6.9%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(27.3, 6.1%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 6.1%, 29%)

LAB

lab(71.82, 1.23, 3.32)

LCH

lch(71.82, 3.54, 69.67)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.0099, 62.4)

HWB

hwb(27.3, 66.7%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aab0b5

Analogous

#b5aaaa

#b5afaa

#b5b4aa

Triadic

#b5afaa

#aab5af

#afaab5

Split-complementary

#b5afaa

#aab5b4

#aaaab5

Tetradic

#b5afaa

#b0b5aa

#aab0b5

#afaab5

Square

#b5afaa

#aab5aa

#aab0b5

#b4aab5

Shades

Color #b5afaa mixed toward black.

#9a928b

#7d746d

#5e5752

#3f3a36

#1f1d1b

Tints

Color #b5afaa mixed toward white.

#c1bcb8

#cecac6

#dad7d4

#e6e4e3

#f3f2f1

Tones

Color #b5afaa mixed toward gray.

#b4afab

#b3afac

#b2afad

#b1afae

#b0afaf

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

#b2b2ab · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#b3b3ac · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#b5acac · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 3.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5afaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5afaa]

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Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#b5afaa (#b5afaa) is rgb(181, 175, 170) in RGB.

No, #b5afaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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