#b6aeac

Color #b6aeac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.05 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b6aeac

RGB

rgb(182, 174, 172)

HSL

hsl(12, 6.4%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12, 5.5%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 5.5%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(71.69, 2.49, 2.04)

LCH

lch(71.69, 3.22, 39.33)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0097, 34.02)

HWB

hwb(12, 67.5%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acb4b6

Analogous

#b6acaf

#b6aeac

#b6b3ac

Triadic

#b6aeac

#acb6ae

#aeacb6

Split-complementary

#b6aeac

#acb6b3

#acafb6

Tetradic

#b6aeac

#b4b6ac

#acb4b6

#aeacb6

Square

#b6aeac

#afb6ac

#acb4b6

#b3acb6

Shades

Color #b6aeac mixed toward black.

#9a8f8d

#7e716e

#5e5553

#3f3937

#1f1c1c

Tints

Color #b6aeac mixed toward white.

#c2bbba

#cec9c8

#dad6d5

#e7e4e3

#f3f1f1

Tones

Color #b6aeac mixed toward gray.

#b5aead

#b4afae

#b3afae

#b3b0af

#b2b0b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3ac · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#b3b4ad · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#b6adad · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 3.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6aeac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6aeac]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#b6aeac (#b6aeac) is rgb(182, 174, 172) in RGB.

No, #b6aeac 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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