#bcb1ae

Color #bcb1ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.86 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb1ae

RGB

rgb(188, 177, 174)

HSL

hsl(12.9, 9.5%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12.9, 7.4%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 7.4%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(73.02, 3.38, 2.94)

LCH

lch(73.02, 4.48, 41.02)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.0133, 35.84)

HWB

hwb(12.9, 68.2%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb9bc

Analogous

#bcaeb2

#bcb1ae

#bcb8ae

Triadic

#bcb1ae

#aebcb1

#b1aebc

Split-complementary

#bcb1ae

#aebcb8

#aeb2bc

Tetradic

#bcb1ae

#b9bcae

#aeb9bc

#b1aebc

Square

#bcb1ae

#b2bcae

#aeb9bc

#b8aebc

Shades

Color #bcb1ae mixed toward black.

#a1918d

#84726d

#635652

#423937

#211d1b

Tints

Color #bcb1ae mixed toward white.

#c7bebc

#d2cbc9

#ded8d7

#e9e5e4

#f4f2f2

Tones

Color #bcb1ae mixed toward gray.

#bbb2af

#bab2b0

#b9b3b2

#b7b4b3

#b6b4b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7af · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#b8b9af · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#bbafaf · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb1ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb1ae]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Tomato #ff6347

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Frequently asked questions

#bcb1ae (#bcb1ae) is rgb(188, 177, 174) in RGB.

No, #bcb1ae 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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