#bbbbb6

Color #bbbbb6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 3.32 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbbb6

RGB

rgb(187, 187, 182)

HSL

hsl(60, 3.5%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 2.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(75.75, -0.92, 2.53)

LCH

lch(75.75, 2.69, 109.98)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.007, 106.62)

HWB

hwb(60, 71.4%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6b6bb

Analogous

#bbb9b6

#bbbbb6

#b9bbb6

Triadic

#bbbbb6

#b6bbbb

#bbb6bb

Split-complementary

#bbbbb6

#b6b9bb

#b9b6bb

Tetradic

#bbbbb6

#b6bbb6

#b6b6bb

#bbb6bb

Square

#bbbbb6

#b6bbb9

#b6b6bb

#bbb6b9

Shades

Color #bbbbb6 mixed toward black.

#9d9d96

#7f7f77

#606059

#40403b

#20201e

Tints

Color #bbbbb6 mixed toward white.

#c6c6c2

#d2d2ce

#dddddb

#e8e8e7

#f4f4f3

Tones

Color #bbbbb6 mixed toward gray.

#bbbbb7

#babab7

#b9b9b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbb7 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#bbbbb8 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#bbb8b8 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 2.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbbb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbbb6]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbbbb6 (#bbbbb6) is rgb(187, 187, 182) in RGB.

No, #bbbbb6 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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