#bba9a6

Color #bba9a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.28 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bba9a6

RGB

rgb(187, 169, 166)

HSL

hsl(8.6, 13.4%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.6, 11.2%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 11.2%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(70.66, 5.98, 3.91)

LCH

lch(70.66, 7.14, 33.18)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0214, 29.08)

HWB

hwb(8.6, 65.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6b8bb

Analogous

#bba6ad

#bba9a6

#bbb3a6

Triadic

#bba9a6

#a6bba9

#a9a6bb

Split-complementary

#bba9a6

#a6bbb3

#a6adbb

Tetradic

#bba9a6

#b8bba6

#a6b8bb

#a9a6bb

Square

#bba9a6

#adbba6

#a6b8bb

#b3a6bb

Shades

Color #bba9a6 mixed toward black.

#a28985

#856a66

#64504c

#433533

#211b19

Tints

Color #bba9a6 mixed toward white.

#c6b7b5

#d2c6c4

#ddd4d2

#e8e2e1

#f4f1f0

Tones

Color #bba9a6 mixed toward gray.

#b9aaa8

#b7aba9

#b6adab

#b4aead

#b2afaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3a7 · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#b5b6a7 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#baa7a7 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bba9a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bba9a6]

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Coral #ff7f50

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Frequently asked questions

#bba9a6 (#bba9a6) is rgb(187, 169, 166) in RGB.

No, #bba9a6 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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