#bcaaab

Color #bcaaab

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.17 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bcaaab

RGB

rgb(188, 170, 171)

HSL

hsl(356.7, 11.8%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(356.7, 9.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 9%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(71.13, 6.66, 1.85)

LCH

lch(71.13, 6.91, 15.52)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0209, 13.84)

HWB

hwb(356.7, 66.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aabcbb

Analogous

#bcaab4

#bcaaab

#bcb2aa

Triadic

#bcaaab

#abbcaa

#aaabbc

Split-complementary

#bcaaab

#aabcb2

#aab4bc

Tetradic

#bcaaab

#bcbbaa

#aabcbb

#aaabbc

Square

#bcaaab

#b4bcaa

#aabcbb

#b2aabc

Shades

Color #bcaaab mixed toward black.

#a2898a

#85696b

#644f50

#433535

#211a1b

Tints

Color #bcaaab mixed toward white.

#c7b8b9

#d2c6c7

#ddd5d5

#e9e3e3

#f4f1f1

Tones

Color #bcaaab mixed toward gray.

#baacac

#b9adae

#b7afaf

#b6b0b0

#b5b2b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4ab · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#b6b7ab · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#bbabab · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 8.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcaaab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcaaab]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#bcaaab (#bcaaab) is rgb(188, 170, 171) in RGB.

No, #bcaaab 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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