#bab5ac

Color #bab5ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.48 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bab5ac

RGB

rgb(186, 181, 172)

HSL

hsl(38.6, 9.2%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.6, 7.5%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 7.5%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(73.85, 0.16, 5.21)

LCH

lch(73.85, 5.21, 88.24)

OKLCH

oklch(77.5%, 0.0138, 82.51)

HWB

hwb(38.6, 67.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acb1ba

Analogous

#baaeac

#bab5ac

#b8baac

Triadic

#bab5ac

#acbab5

#b5acba

Split-complementary

#bab5ac

#acb8ba

#aeacba

Tetradic

#bab5ac

#b1baac

#acb1ba

#b5acba

Square

#bab5ac

#acbaae

#acb1ba

#baacb8

Shades

Color #bab5ac mixed toward black.

#9f988b

#827a6c

#625c51

#413d36

#211f1b

Tints

Color #bab5ac mixed toward white.

#c6c1ba

#d1cec8

#dddad6

#e8e6e3

#f4f3f1

Tones

Color #bab5ac mixed toward gray.

#b9b5ad

#b8b4ae

#b7b4b0

#b5b4b1

#b4b3b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8ae · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#b8b9af · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#bab0b0 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bab5ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bab5ac]

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Papaya Whip #ffefd5

Frequently asked questions

#bab5ac (#bab5ac) is rgb(186, 181, 172) in RGB.

No, #bab5ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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