#ba9b96

Color #ba9b96

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 7.01 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ba9b96

RGB

rgb(186, 155, 150)

HSL

hsl(8.3, 20.7%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.3, 19.4%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 19.4%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(66.58, 10.67, 6.92)

LCH

lch(66.58, 12.72, 32.97)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.0378, 28.8)

HWB

hwb(8.3, 58.8%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96b5ba

Analogous

#ba96a3

#ba9b96

#baad96

Triadic

#ba9b96

#96ba9b

#9b96ba

Split-complementary

#ba9b96

#96baad

#96a3ba

Tetradic

#ba9b96

#b5ba96

#96b5ba

#9b96ba

Square

#ba9b96

#a3ba96

#96b5ba

#ad96ba

Shades

Color #ba9b96 mixed toward black.

#a47b74

#875f59

#654743

#44302c

#221816

Tints

Color #ba9b96 mixed toward white.

#c6aca8

#d1bcb9

#ddcdcb

#e8dedc

#f4eeee

Tones

Color #ba9b96 mixed toward gray.

#b79d99

#b49f9c

#b1a29f

#aea4a2

#aba6a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adad97 · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#afb198 · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#b99898 · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba9b96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba9b96]

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Frequently asked questions

#ba9b96 (#ba9b96) is rgb(186, 155, 150) in RGB.

No, #ba9b96 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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