#bcb2aa

Color #bcb2aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.99 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb2aa

RGB

rgb(188, 178, 170)

HSL

hsl(26.7, 11.8%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(26.7, 9.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 9.6%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(73.18, 2.15, 5.36)

LCH

lch(73.18, 5.78, 68.14)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0161, 61.36)

HWB

hwb(26.7, 66.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aab4bc

Analogous

#bcaaab

#bcb2aa

#bcbbaa

Triadic

#bcb2aa

#aabcb2

#b2aabc

Split-complementary

#bcb2aa

#aabcbb

#aaabbc

Tetradic

#bcb2aa

#b4bcaa

#aab4bc

#b2aabc

Square

#bcb2aa

#abbcaa

#aab4bc

#bbaabc

Shades

Color #bcb2aa mixed toward black.

#a29489

#857669

#64584f

#433b35

#211d1a

Tints

Color #bcb2aa mixed toward white.

#c7bfb8

#d2ccc6

#ddd9d5

#e9e5e3

#f4f2f1

Tones

Color #bcb2aa mixed toward gray.

#bab2ac

#b9b2ad

#b7b3af

#b6b3b0

#b5b3b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8ac · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#b8b9ac · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#bcaeae · ΔE 5.2

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 5.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb2aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb2aa]

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Frequently asked questions

#bcb2aa (#bcb2aa) is rgb(188, 178, 170) in RGB.

No, #bcb2aa 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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