#bbaaa1

Color #bbaaa1

A muted light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.4 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bbaaa1

RGB

rgb(187, 170, 161)

HSL

hsl(20.8, 16%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(20.8, 13.9%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 13.9%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(70.79, 4.6, 6.86)

LCH

lch(70.79, 8.26, 56.16)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.0236, 49.82)

HWB

hwb(20.8, 63.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1b2bb

Analogous

#bba1a5

#bbaaa1

#bbb7a1

Triadic

#bbaaa1

#a1bbaa

#aaa1bb

Split-complementary

#bbaaa1

#a1bbb7

#a1a5bb

Tetradic

#bbaaa1

#b2bba1

#a1b2bb

#aaa1bb

Square

#bbaaa1

#a5bba1

#a1b2bb

#b7a1bb

Shades

Color #bbaaa1 mixed toward black.

#a38c7f

#866e61

#655349

#433731

#221c18

Tints

Color #bbaaa1 mixed toward white.

#c6b8b1

#d2c6c0

#ddd4d0

#e8e3e0

#f4f1ef

Tones

Color #bbaaa1 mixed toward gray.

#b9aba3

#b7aba5

#b4aca7

#b2adaa

#b0adac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4a3 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#b5b6a4 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#baa5a5 · ΔE 5.3

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbaaa1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbaaa1]

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Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#bbaaa1 (#bbaaa1) is rgb(187, 170, 161) in RGB.

No, #bbaaa1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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