#bbb2a3

Color #bbb2a3

A muted light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.57 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bbb2a3

RGB

rgb(187, 178, 163)

HSL

hsl(37.5, 15%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.5, 12.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 12.8%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(72.93, 0.61, 8.81)

LCH

lch(72.93, 8.83, 86.04)

OKLCH

oklch(76.7%, 0.0233, 80.62)

HWB

hwb(37.5, 63.9%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3acbb

Analogous

#bba6a3

#bbb2a3

#b8bba3

Triadic

#bbb2a3

#a3bbb2

#b2a3bb

Split-complementary

#bbb2a3

#a3b8bb

#a6a3bb

Tetradic

#bbb2a3

#acbba3

#a3acbb

#b2a3bb

Square

#bbb2a3

#a3bba6

#a3acbb

#bba3b8

Shades

Color #bbb2a3 mixed toward black.

#a29681

#867963

#655b4a

#433c32

#221e19

Tints

Color #bbb2a3 mixed toward white.

#c6bfb2

#d2ccc2

#ddd8d1

#e8e5e0

#f4f2f0

Tones

Color #bbb2a3 mixed toward gray.

#b9b1a5

#b7b1a7

#b5b0a9

#b3b0ab

#b1afad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7a7 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#b8b8a8 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#bbaaaa · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 7.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbb2a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbb2a3]

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Frequently asked questions

#bbb2a3 (#bbb2a3) is rgb(187, 178, 163) in RGB.

No, #bbb2a3 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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