#bbbbaf

Color #bbbbaf

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.79 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbbaf

RGB

rgb(187, 187, 175)

HSL

hsl(60, 8.1%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 6.4%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(75.58, -2.16, 6.08)

LCH

lch(75.58, 6.45, 109.56)

OKLCH

oklch(78.9%, 0.0166, 106.8)

HWB

hwb(60, 68.6%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afafbb

Analogous

#bbb5af

#bbbbaf

#b5bbaf

Triadic

#bbbbaf

#afbbbb

#bbafbb

Split-complementary

#bbbbaf

#afb5bb

#b5afbb

Tetradic

#bbbbaf

#afbbaf

#afafbb

#bbafbb

Square

#bbbbaf

#afbbb5

#afafbb

#bbafb5

Shades

Color #bbbbaf mixed toward black.

#9f9f8e

#82826f

#626253

#414137

#21211c

Tints

Color #bbbbaf mixed toward white.

#c6c6bc

#d2d2ca

#ddddd7

#e8e8e4

#f4f4f2

Tones

Color #bbbbaf mixed toward gray.

#babab0

#b9b9b1

#b8b8b2

#b7b7b3

#b6b6b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbb2 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#bbbbb3 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#bbb4b5 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbbaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbbaf]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbbbaf (#bbbbaf) is rgb(187, 187, 175) in RGB.

No, #bbbbaf 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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