#bdc0ae

Color #bdc0ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 9.73 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bdc0ae

RGB

rgb(189, 192, 174)

HSL

hsl(70, 12.5%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(70, 9.4%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 9.4%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(77.03, -4.26, 8.72)

LCH

lch(77.03, 9.7, 116.04)

OKLCH

oklch(80%, 0.025, 114.61)

HWB

hwb(70, 68.2%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1aec0

Analogous

#c0baae

#bdc0ae

#b4c0ae

Triadic

#bdc0ae

#aebdc0

#c0aebd

Split-complementary

#bdc0ae

#aeb4c0

#baaec0

Tetradic

#bdc0ae

#aec0b1

#b1aec0

#c0aebd

Square

#bdc0ae

#aec0ba

#b1aec0

#c0aeb4

Shades

Color #bdc0ae mixed toward black.

#a1a58c

#84896b

#636750

#424535

#21221b

Tints

Color #bdc0ae mixed toward white.

#c8cbbc

#d3d5c9

#dee0d7

#e9eae4

#f4f5f2

Tones

Color #bdc0ae mixed toward gray.

#bcbfb0

#bbbdb1

#babcb3

#b9bab4

#b8b9b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebeb3 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#bebeb4 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#bdb6b7 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 8.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdc0ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdc0ae]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Frequently asked questions

#bdc0ae (#bdc0ae) is rgb(189, 192, 174) in RGB.

No, #bdc0ae 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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