#b7b5be

Color #b7b5be

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.12 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b7b5be

RGB

rgb(183, 181, 190)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 6.5%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 4.7%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(74.08, 2.4, -4.31)

LCH

lch(74.08, 4.93, 299.11)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.0128, 296.37)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 71%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcbeb5

Analogous

#b5b7be

#b7b5be

#bbb5be

Triadic

#b7b5be

#beb7b5

#b5beb7

Split-complementary

#b7b5be

#bebbb5

#b7beb5

Tetradic

#b7b5be

#beb5bc

#bcbeb5

#b5beb7

Square

#b7b5be

#beb5b7

#bcbeb5

#b5bebb

Shades

Color #b7b5be mixed toward black.

#9794a1

#777484

#595763

#3c3a42

#1e1d21

Tints

Color #b7b5be mixed toward white.

#c3c1c9

#cfced4

#dbdade

#e7e6e9

#f3f3f4

Tones

Color #b7b5be mixed toward gray.

#b7b6bd

#b8b6bc

#b8b7bc

#b9b8bb

#b9b9ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6bc · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#b6b6bb · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#b7baba · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b7b5be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b7b5be]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#b7b5be (#b7b5be) is rgb(183, 181, 190) in RGB.

No, #b7b5be 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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