#bbbcaf

Color #bbbcaf

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 7.23 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbcaf

RGB

rgb(187, 188, 175)

HSL

hsl(64.6, 8.8%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.6, 6.9%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(75.84, -2.69, 6.45)

LCH

lch(75.84, 6.99, 112.64)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.018, 110.44)

HWB

hwb(64.6, 68.6%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0afbc

Analogous

#bcb7af

#bbbcaf

#b5bcaf

Triadic

#bbbcaf

#afbbbc

#bcafbb

Split-complementary

#bbbcaf

#afb5bc

#b7afbc

Tetradic

#bbbcaf

#afbcb0

#b0afbc

#bcafbb

Square

#bbbcaf

#afbcb7

#b0afbc

#bcafb5

Shades

Color #bbbcaf mixed toward black.

#9fa08e

#82846e

#626353

#414237

#21211c

Tints

Color #bbbcaf mixed toward white.

#c6c7bc

#d2d2ca

#ddded7

#e8e9e4

#f4f4f2

Tones

Color #bbbcaf mixed toward gray.

#babbb0

#b9bab1

#b8b9b2

#b7b8b3

#b6b7b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbb2 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#bbbbb3 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#bbb5b5 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 6.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbcaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbcaf]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbbcaf (#bbbcaf) is rgb(187, 188, 175) in RGB.

No, #bbbcaf 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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