#b4b8ab

Color #b4b8ab

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 8.03 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#b4b8ab

RGB

rgb(180, 184, 171)

HSL

hsl(78.5, 8.4%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(78.5, 7.1%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(74.14, -3.78, 6.12)

LCH

lch(74.14, 7.19, 121.7)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0186, 120.7)

HWB

hwb(78.5, 67.1%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afabb8

Analogous

#b8b5ab

#b4b8ab

#adb8ab

Triadic

#b4b8ab

#abb4b8

#b8abb4

Split-complementary

#b4b8ab

#abadb8

#b5abb8

Tetradic

#b4b8ab

#abb8af

#afabb8

#b8abb4

Square

#b4b8ab

#abb8b5

#afabb8

#b8abad

Shades

Color #b4b8ab mixed toward black.

#979d8b

#7a806c

#5c6051

#3d4036

#1f201b

Tints

Color #b4b8ab mixed toward white.

#c0c4b9

#cdd0c7

#d9dbd5

#e6e7e3

#f2f3f1

Tones

Color #b4b8ab mixed toward gray.

#b4b7ac

#b3b6ad

#b3b5ae

#b2b4af

#b2b3b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6ae · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#b6b5af · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#b4b1b1 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b4b8ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4b8ab]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#b4b8ab (#b4b8ab) is rgb(180, 184, 171) in RGB.

No, #b4b8ab 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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