Palettes / Colors / #BBAEA5

#BBAEA5 — Light Dusty Brown

#BBAEA5 is a brown color we call Light Dusty Brown, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #BBAEA5 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BBAEA5 is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A5B2BB; it also sits naturally between #BBA5A7 and #BBB9A5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 68% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 12% · Key 27%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BBAEA5

.text { color: #BBAEA5; }
.background { background-color: #BBAEA5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBAEA5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 174, 165); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(25, 14%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBAEA5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 174, 165, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBAEA5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 174, 165, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBAEA5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBAEA5">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A5B2BB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BBAEA5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBAEA5

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BBAEA5 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBAEA5 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBAEA4  ·  #BBAEA6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBAEA5?

#BBAEA5 is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 187, 174, 165). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBAEA5?

#BBAEA5 is RGB 187, 174, 165 — HSL 25°, 14%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 12%, 27%.

What colors go with #BBAEA5?

Its complement is #A5B2BB; analogous partners are #BBA5A7 and #BBB9A5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBAEA5 for text?

Black text on #BBAEA5 has a contrast ratio of 9.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.16:1.