#bba5a2

Color #bba5a2

A muted light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.74 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bba5a2

RGB

rgb(187, 165, 162)

HSL

hsl(7.2, 15.5%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.2, 13.4%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 13.4%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(69.53, 7.49, 4.49)

LCH

lch(69.53, 8.73, 30.94)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0262, 27.05)

HWB

hwb(7.2, 63.5%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2b8bb

Analogous

#bba2ab

#bba5a2

#bbb1a2

Triadic

#bba5a2

#a2bba5

#a5a2bb

Split-complementary

#bba5a2

#a2bbb1

#a2abbb

Tetradic

#bba5a2

#b8bba2

#a2b8bb

#a5a2bb

Square

#bba5a2

#abbba2

#a2b8bb

#b1a2bb

Shades

Color #bba5a2 mixed toward black.

#a28480

#866762

#654d4a

#433331

#221a19

Tints

Color #bba5a2 mixed toward white.

#c6b4b1

#d2c3c1

#ddd2d0

#e8e1e0

#f4f0ef

Tones

Color #bba5a2 mixed toward gray.

#b9a7a4

#b7a8a6

#b5aaa8

#b3abaa

#b1adac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2a3 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#b3b5a3 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#baa3a3 · ΔE 1.6

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 9.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bba5a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bba5a2]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#bba5a2 (#bba5a2) is rgb(187, 165, 162) in RGB.

No, #bba5a2 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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