#b5b6a6

Color #b5b6a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 9.59 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b6a6

RGB

rgb(181, 182, 166)

HSL

hsl(63.7, 9.9%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.7, 8.8%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 8.8%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(73.57, -3.22, 8.03)

LCH

lch(73.57, 8.65, 111.85)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.0222, 109.74)

HWB

hwb(63.7, 65.1%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7a6b6

Analogous

#b6afa6

#b5b6a6

#adb6a6

Triadic

#b5b6a6

#a6b5b6

#b6a6b5

Split-complementary

#b5b6a6

#a6adb6

#afa6b6

Tetradic

#b5b6a6

#a6b6a7

#a7a6b6

#b6a6b5

Square

#b5b6a6

#a6b6af

#a7a6b6

#b6a6ad

Shades

Color #b5b6a6 mixed toward black.

#9a9c86

#7e7f68

#5f604e

#3f4034

#20201a

Tints

Color #b5b6a6 mixed toward white.

#c1c2b5

#cecec4

#dadad2

#e6e7e1

#f3f3f0

Tones

Color #b5b6a6 mixed toward gray.

#b4b5a7

#b3b3a9

#b1b2aa

#b0b1ab

#afafad

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

#b5b5aa · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#b5b5ab · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#b5adae · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 7.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b6a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b6a6]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b5b6a6 (#b5b6a6) is rgb(181, 182, 166) in RGB.

No, #b5b6a6 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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