#b5b5b1

Color #b5b5b1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 4.65 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b5b1

RGB

rgb(181, 181, 177)

HSL

hsl(60, 2.6%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 2.2%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.2%, 29%)

LAB

lab(73.58, -0.74, 2.03)

LCH

lch(73.58, 2.16, 110.03)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.0056, 106.5)

HWB

hwb(60, 69.4%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1b1b5

Analogous

#b5b3b1

#b5b5b1

#b3b5b1

Triadic

#b5b5b1

#b1b5b5

#b5b1b5

Split-complementary

#b5b5b1

#b1b3b5

#b3b1b5

Tetradic

#b5b5b1

#b1b5b1

#b1b1b5

#b5b1b5

Square

#b5b5b1

#b1b5b3

#b1b1b5

#b5b1b3

Shades

Color #b5b5b1 mixed toward black.

#989892

#7a7a74

#5c5c57

#3d3d3a

#1f1f1d

Tints

Color #b5b5b1 mixed toward white.

#c1c1be

#cececb

#dadad8

#e6e6e5

#f3f3f2

Tones

Color #b5b5b1 mixed toward gray.

#b5b5b1

#b4b4b2

#b3b3b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5b2 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#b5b5b2 · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#b5b3b3 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 2.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b5b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b5b1]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b5b5b1 (#b5b5b1) is rgb(181, 181, 177) in RGB.

No, #b5b5b1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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