#b5b6b0

Color #b5b6b0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.08 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b6b0

RGB

rgb(181, 182, 176)

HSL

hsl(70, 3.9%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(70, 3.3%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 3.3%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(73.81, -1.46, 2.93)

LCH

lch(73.81, 3.27, 116.49)

OKLCH

oklch(77.4%, 0.0085, 114.44)

HWB

hwb(70, 69%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1b0b6

Analogous

#b6b4b0

#b5b6b0

#b2b6b0

Triadic

#b5b6b0

#b0b5b6

#b6b0b5

Split-complementary

#b5b6b0

#b0b2b6

#b4b0b6

Tetradic

#b5b6b0

#b0b6b1

#b1b0b6

#b6b0b5

Square

#b5b6b0

#b0b6b4

#b1b0b6

#b6b0b2

Shades

Color #b5b6b0 mixed toward black.

#989991

#7a7c73

#5c5d56

#3d3e39

#1f1f1d

Tints

Color #b5b6b0 mixed toward white.

#c1c2bd

#cececa

#dadad8

#e6e7e5

#f3f3f2

Tones

Color #b5b6b0 mixed toward gray.

#b5b5b1

#b4b5b1

#b4b4b2

#b3b4b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5b1 · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#b5b5b2 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#b5b3b3 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 3.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b6b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b6b0]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Frequently asked questions

#b5b6b0 (#b5b6b0) is rgb(181, 182, 176) in RGB.

No, #b5b6b0 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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