What color is #BBAA88?

#BBAA88 is a light, desaturated orange known as Bangalore. It belongs to the brown family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Bangalore?

The RGB value is 187, 170, 136: 187 red, 170 green and 136 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Bangalore?

The complementary color is #8899BB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #BBAA88?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.22:1 and white text 2.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Bangalore color: hex code #BBAA88

#BBAA88 rgb(187, 170, 136)

Shades of brown

Bangalore has the hex code #BBAA88. It is a light, desaturated orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 73.3% red, 66.7% green and 53.3% blue (187, 170, 136).

Its hue angle is 40°, with 27% saturation and 63% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 27% yellow and 27% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.22:1).

Bangalore (#BBAA88) color codes

HEX	`#BBAA88`
RGB	`rgb(187, 170, 136)`
RGB percent	`rgb(73.3%, 66.7%, 53.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(40, 27%, 63%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(40, 27%, 73%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 9%, 27%, 27%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(70.24, 0.81, 19.79)`
CIE LCH	`lch(70.24, 19.81, 87.67)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(39.312, 41.093, 29.149)`
Decimal	`12298888`
Short hex	`#BA8`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Bangalore, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #BBAA88	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.22:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#BBAA88 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.22:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #BBAA88 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #bbaa88; }
.text { color: #bbaa88; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbaa88; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(187 170 136 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #bbaa88, #b3bb88); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #BBAA88 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #BBAA88?: #BBAA88 is a light, desaturated orange known as Bangalore. It belongs to the brown family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Bangalore?: The RGB value is 187, 170, 136: 187 red, 170 green and 136 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Bangalore?: The complementary color is #8899BB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #BBAA88?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.22:1 and white text 2.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.