#bbb6b6

Color #bbb6b6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 3.76 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bbb6b6

RGB

rgb(187, 182, 182)

HSL

hsl(0, 3.5%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 2.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 2.7%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(74.44, 1.76, 0.63)

LCH

lch(74.44, 1.87, 19.7)

OKLCH

oklch(78%, 0.0057, 17.47)

HWB

hwb(0, 71.4%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6bbbb

Analogous

#bbb6b9

#bbb6b6

#bbb9b6

Triadic

#bbb6b6

#b6bbb6

#b6b6bb

Split-complementary

#bbb6b6

#b6bbb9

#b6b9bb

Tetradic

#bbb6b6

#bbbbb6

#b6bbbb

#b6b6bb

Square

#bbb6b6

#b9bbb6

#b6bbbb

#b9b6bb

Shades

Color #bbb6b6 mixed toward black.

#9d9696

#7f7777

#605959

#403b3b

#201e1e

Tints

Color #bbb6b6 mixed toward white.

#c6c2c2

#d2cece

#dddbdb

#e8e7e7

#f4f3f3

Tones

Color #bbb6b6 mixed toward gray.

#bbb7b7

#bab7b7

#b9b8b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9b6 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#b9bab6 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#bbb6b6 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 2.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbb6b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbb6b6]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#bbb6b6 (#bbb6b6) is rgb(187, 182, 182) in RGB.

No, #bbb6b6 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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