#b6afa9

Color #b6afa9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.96 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b6afa9

RGB

rgb(182, 175, 169)

HSL

hsl(27.7, 8.2%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(27.7, 7.1%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 7.1%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(71.87, 1.42, 3.96)

LCH

lch(71.87, 4.21, 70.27)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.0117, 63)

HWB

hwb(27.7, 66.3%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b0b6

Analogous

#b6a9a9

#b6afa9

#b6b5a9

Triadic

#b6afa9

#a9b6af

#afa9b6

Split-complementary

#b6afa9

#a9b6b5

#a9a9b6

Tetradic

#b6afa9

#b0b6a9

#a9b0b6

#afa9b6

Square

#b6afa9

#a9b6a9

#a9b0b6

#b5a9b6

Shades

Color #b6afa9 mixed toward black.

#9b9289

#7f746b

#5f5751

#3f3a36

#201d1b

Tints

Color #b6afa9 mixed toward white.

#c2bcb7

#cecac6

#dad7d4

#e7e4e2

#f3f2f1

Tones

Color #b6afa9 mixed toward gray.

#b5afaa

#b4afab

#b3afac

#b2afad

#b1afae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3aa · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#b3b4ab · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#b6acac · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 4.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6afa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6afa9]

Related colors

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Peru #cd853f

Linen #faf0e6

Chocolate #d2691e

Saddle Brown #8b4513

Frequently asked questions

#b6afa9 (#b6afa9) is rgb(182, 175, 169) in RGB.

No, #b6afa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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