#bcbfb1

Color #bcbfb1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 7.65 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbfb1

RGB

rgb(188, 191, 177)

HSL

hsl(72.9, 9.9%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72.9, 7.3%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 7.3%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(76.76, -3.57, 6.7)

LCH

lch(76.76, 7.59, 118.05)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.0196, 116.7)

HWB

hwb(72.9, 69.4%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4b1bf

Analogous

#bfbbb1

#bcbfb1

#b5bfb1

Triadic

#bcbfb1

#b1bcbf

#bfb1bc

Split-complementary

#bcbfb1

#b1b5bf

#bbb1bf

Tetradic

#bcbfb1

#b1bfb4

#b4b1bf

#bfb1bc

Square

#bcbfb1

#b1bfbb

#b4b1bf

#bfb1b5

Shades

Color #bcbfb1 mixed toward black.

#9fa38f

#82876f

#616553

#414337

#20221c

Tints

Color #bcbfb1 mixed toward white.

#c7cabe

#d2d4cb

#dedfd8

#e9eae5

#f4f4f2

Tones

Color #bcbfb1 mixed toward gray.

#bbbeb2

#bbbdb3

#babcb5

#b9bab6

#b9b9b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdb5 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#bdbdb5 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#bcb7b8 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbfb1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbfb1]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#bcbfb1 (#bcbfb1) is rgb(188, 191, 177) in RGB.

No, #bcbfb1 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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