#bcaca9

Color #bcaca9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.78 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bcaca9

RGB

rgb(188, 172, 169)

HSL

hsl(9.5, 12.4%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(9.5, 10.1%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 10.1%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(71.6, 5.23, 3.62)

LCH

lch(71.6, 6.36, 34.69)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0191, 30.19)

HWB

hwb(9.5, 66.3%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b9bc

Analogous

#bca9af

#bcaca9

#bcb6a9

Triadic

#bcaca9

#a9bcac

#aca9bc

Split-complementary

#bcaca9

#a9bcb6

#a9afbc

Tetradic

#bcaca9

#b9bca9

#a9b9bc

#aca9bc

Square

#bcaca9

#afbca9

#a9b9bc

#b6a9bc

Shades

Color #bcaca9 mixed toward black.

#a28c88

#866d68

#64524e

#433634

#211b1a

Tints

Color #bcaca9 mixed toward white.

#c7bab7

#d2c8c6

#ddd6d4

#e9e3e2

#f4f1f1

Tones

Color #bcaca9 mixed toward gray.

#baadab

#b9aeac

#b7afae

#b6b0af

#b4b1b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5aa · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#b6b7aa · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#bbaaaa · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcaca9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcaca9]

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Frequently asked questions

#bcaca9 (#bcaca9) is rgb(188, 172, 169) in RGB.

No, #bcaca9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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