#b5bcb1

Color #b5bcb1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.89 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b5bcb1

RGB

rgb(181, 188, 177)

HSL

hsl(98.2, 7.6%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(98.2, 5.9%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(75.43, -4.47, 4.72)

LCH

lch(75.43, 6.5, 133.44)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.0172, 133.82)

HWB

hwb(98.2, 69.4%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8b1bc

Analogous

#bbbcb1

#b5bcb1

#b1bcb3

Triadic

#b5bcb1

#b1b5bc

#bcb1b5

Split-complementary

#b5bcb1

#b3b1bc

#bcb1bb

Tetradic

#b5bcb1

#b1bcb8

#b8b1bc

#bcb1b5

Square

#b5bcb1

#b1bbbc

#b8b1bc

#bcb3b1

Shades

Color #b5bcb1 mixed toward black.

#96a090

#778370

#596254

#3c4138

#1e211c

Tints

Color #b5bcb1 mixed toward white.

#c1c7be

#ced2cb

#daded8

#e6e9e5

#f3f4f2

Tones

Color #b5bcb1 mixed toward gray.

#b5bbb2

#b6bab3

#b6b9b4

#b6b8b5

#b6b7b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8b4 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#b8b7b4 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#b5b6b6 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 6.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5bcb1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5bcb1]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#b5bcb1 (#b5bcb1) is rgb(181, 188, 177) in RGB.

No, #b5bcb1 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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