#b7b1ae

Color #b7b1ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.37 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b7b1ae

RGB

rgb(183, 177, 174)

HSL

hsl(20, 5.9%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(20, 4.9%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 4.9%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(72.61, 1.58, 2.29)

LCH

lch(72.61, 2.78, 55.4)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0081, 49.01)

HWB

hwb(20, 68.2%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb4b7

Analogous

#b7aeaf

#b7b1ae

#b7b6ae

Triadic

#b7b1ae

#aeb7b1

#b1aeb7

Split-complementary

#b7b1ae

#aeb7b6

#aeafb7

Tetradic

#b7b1ae

#b4b7ae

#aeb4b7

#b1aeb7

Square

#b7b1ae

#afb7ae

#aeb4b7

#b6aeb7

Shades

Color #b7b1ae mixed toward black.

#9b938e

#7e7570

#5f5754

#3f3a38

#201d1c

Tints

Color #b7b1ae mixed toward white.

#c3bebb

#cfcbc9

#dbd8d6

#e7e5e4

#f3f2f1

Tones

Color #b7b1ae mixed toward gray.

#b6b1af

#b5b2b0

#b4b2b1

#b3b2b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4af · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#b5b5af · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#b7afaf · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 3.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b7b1ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b7b1ae]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Seashell #fff5ee

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Frequently asked questions

#b7b1ae (#b7b1ae) is rgb(183, 177, 174) in RGB.

No, #b7b1ae 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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