What is hex #BBA380 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 73% red, 64% green and 50% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (187,163,128).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 13%, 32%, 27%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #BBA380 features a hue of 36°, 32% saturation, and a brightness value of 73%.

Hex #BBA380 Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #BBA380
RGB Values (187,163,128)
CMYK Values (0%, 13%, 32%, 27%)
HSV/HSB Values (36°, 32%, 73%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC9999
Inverse Color
#445C7F
Closest Pantone®
7521 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1001 [Beige]
Complementary Color
#8098BB

#BBA380 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#9F9F9F
Lightness (Desaturation)
#9D9D9D
Weighted (BT601)
#A6A6A6
Luma (BT709)
#A6A6A6

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #BBA380 complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #BBA380

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BBA380.

Contrast Ratio: 2.42:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #BBA380

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BBA380.

Contrast Ratio: 8.66:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #BBA380 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #BBA380 is #8098BB. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #BBA380 you will find #8098BB. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#BBA380 #8098BB

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #BBA380 is composed with colors #BB8580 and #B5BB80. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BBA380 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#BB8580 #BBA380 #B5BB80

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #BBA380 is composed with colors #8580BB and #80B5BB. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#BBA380 #8580BB #80B5BB

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #BBA380 is composed with colors #A380BB and #80BBA3. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BBA380 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#BBA380 #A380BB #80BBA3

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #BBA380 is composed with colors #80BBA3, #8098BB and #BB8098 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#BBA380 #80BBA3 #8098BB #BB8098

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #BBA380 is composed with colors #80BB85, #8098BB and #BB80B5 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#BBA380 #80BB85 #8098BB #BB80B5

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #BBA380

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #BBA380.

#BBA380 #C2AC8D #C9B69A #D0BFA7 #D7C9B5 #DED3C2 #E5DCCF #ECE6DD

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#BBA380 #B1A189 #A79F93 #9E9D9C #9D9D9D

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#BBA380 #B39972 #AC8F65 #A58658 #987B51 #8A704A #7D6543 #705A3C

Hex #BBA380 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #BBA380
Java new Color(187,163,128);
Python Color(#BBA380)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 187,163,128);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.73, green: 0.64, blue: 0.5, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(187, 163, 128)