#b6a9ae

Color #b6a9ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light pink.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b6a9ae

RGB

rgb(182, 169, 174)

HSL

hsl(336.9, 8.2%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(336.9, 7.1%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 4.4%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(70.44, 5.57, -0.88)

LCH

lch(70.44, 5.64, 351.02)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.0165, 351.97)

HWB

hwb(336.9, 66.3%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b6b1

Analogous

#b6a9b4

#b6a9ae

#b6aaa9

Triadic

#b6a9ae

#aeb6a9

#a9aeb6

Split-complementary

#b6a9ae

#a9b6aa

#a9b4b6

Tetradic

#b6a9ae

#b6b1a9

#a9b6b1

#a9aeb6

Square

#b6a9ae

#b4b6a9

#a9b6b1

#aaa9b6

Shades

Color #b6a9ae mixed toward black.

#9b8990

#7f6b73

#5f5156

#3f3639

#201b1d

Tints

Color #b6a9ae mixed toward white.

#c2b7bb

#cec6c9

#dad4d6

#e7e2e4

#f3f1f1

Tones

Color #b6a9ae mixed toward gray.

#b5aaae

#b4abae

#b3acaf

#b2adaf

#b1aeaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b0ad · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#b1b2ad · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#b5acac · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 7.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b6a9ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6a9ae]

Related colors

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Deep Pink #ff1493

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Frequently asked questions

#b6a9ae (#b6a9ae) is rgb(182, 169, 174) in RGB.

No, #b6a9ae 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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