#b9baba

Color #b9baba

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 2.29 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-300 #d4d4d4 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b9baba

RGB

rgb(185, 186, 186)

HSL

hsl(180, 0.7%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 0.5%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(75.44, -0.35, -0.12)

LCH

lch(75.44, 0.37, 198.92)

OKLCH

oklch(78.8%, 0.0011, 195.26)

HWB

hwb(180, 72.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bab9b9

Analogous

#b9bab9

#b9baba

#b9b9ba

Triadic

#b9baba

#bab9ba

#babab9

Split-complementary

#b9baba

#bab9b9

Tetradic

#b9baba

#b9b9ba

#bab9b9

#babab9

Square

#b9baba

#b9b9ba

#bab9b9

#b9bab9

Shades

Color #b9baba mixed toward black.

#9a9b9b

#7b7c7c

#5c5d5d

#3d3e3e

#1f1f1f

Tints

Color #b9baba mixed toward white.

#c5c5c5

#d0d1d1

#dcdcdc

#e8e8e8

#f3f3f3

Tones

Color #b9baba mixed toward gray.

#b9baba

#b9b9b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9ba · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#b9b9ba · ΔE 0.9

Tritanopia

#b9baba · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 0.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9baba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9baba]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#b9baba (#b9baba) is rgb(185, 186, 186) in RGB.

No, #b9baba 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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