#b9b5b4

Color #b9b5b4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 4.06 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b9b5b4

RGB

rgb(185, 181, 180)

HSL

hsl(12, 3.4%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12, 2.7%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 2.7%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(73.97, 1.23, 1.01)

LCH

lch(73.97, 1.59, 39.39)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0047, 34.7)

HWB

hwb(12, 70.6%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b8b9

Analogous

#b9b4b6

#b9b5b4

#b9b8b4

Triadic

#b9b5b4

#b4b9b5

#b5b4b9

Split-complementary

#b9b5b4

#b4b9b8

#b4b6b9

Tetradic

#b9b5b4

#b8b9b4

#b4b8b9

#b5b4b9

Square

#b9b5b4

#b6b9b4

#b4b8b9

#b8b4b9

Shades

Color #b9b5b4 mixed toward black.

#9c9695

#7e7776

#5e5958

#3f3c3b

#1f1e1d

Tints

Color #b9b5b4 mixed toward white.

#c5c1c1

#d0cecd

#dcdada

#e8e6e6

#f3f3f3

Tones

Color #b9b5b4 mixed toward gray.

#b9b5b5

#b8b6b5

#b7b6b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7b4 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b8b8b4 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#b9b4b4 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b9b5b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9b5b4]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#b9b5b4 (#b9b5b4) is rgb(185, 181, 180) in RGB.

No, #b9b5b4 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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