#bbbdb3

Color #bbbdb3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.63 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbdb3

RGB

rgb(187, 189, 179)

HSL

hsl(72, 7%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72, 5.3%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(76.2, -2.52, 4.81)

LCH

lch(76.2, 5.43, 117.65)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.014, 115.83)

HWB

hwb(72, 70.2%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5b3bd

Analogous

#bdbab3

#bbbdb3

#b6bdb3

Triadic

#bbbdb3

#b3bbbd

#bdb3bb

Split-complementary

#bbbdb3

#b3b6bd

#bab3bd

Tetradic

#bbbdb3

#b3bdb5

#b5b3bd

#bdb3bb

Square

#bbbdb3

#b3bdba

#b5b3bd

#bdb3b6

Shades

Color #bbbdb3 mixed toward black.

#9ea192

#808372

#606256

#404239

#20211d

Tints

Color #bbbdb3 mixed toward white.

#c6c8c0

#d2d3cc

#ddded9

#e8e9e6

#f4f4f2

Tones

Color #bbbdb3 mixed toward gray.

#bbbcb4

#babbb5

#babbb6

#b9bab6

#b9b9b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcb5 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#bcbcb6 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#bbb7b8 · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 5.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbdb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbdb3]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#bbbdb3 (#bbbdb3) is rgb(187, 189, 179) in RGB.

No, #bbbdb3 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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