#bbbbb7

Color #bbbbb7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 2.88 Nearest Tailwind class stone-300 #d6d3d1 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbbb7

RGB

rgb(187, 187, 183)

HSL

hsl(60, 2.9%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 2.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(75.78, -0.73, 2.02)

LCH

lch(75.78, 2.15, 109.87)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.0055, 106.8)

HWB

hwb(60, 71.8%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7b7bb

Analogous

#bbb9b7

#bbbbb7

#b9bbb7

Triadic

#bbbbb7

#b7bbbb

#bbb7bb

Split-complementary

#bbbbb7

#b7b9bb

#b9b7bb

Tetradic

#bbbbb7

#b7bbb7

#b7b7bb

#bbb7bb

Square

#bbbbb7

#b7bbb9

#b7b7bb

#bbb7b9

Shades

Color #bbbbb7 mixed toward black.

#9d9d97

#7f7f78

#5f5f5a

#3f3f3c

#20201e

Tints

Color #bbbbb7 mixed toward white.

#c6c6c3

#d2d2cf

#dddddb

#e8e8e7

#f4f4f3

Tones

Color #bbbbb7 mixed toward gray.

#bbbbb7

#babab8

#b9b9b9

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

#bbbbb8 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#bbbbb8 · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#bbb9b9 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 2.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbbb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbbb7]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbbbb7 (#bbbbb7) is rgb(187, 187, 183) in RGB.

No, #bbbbb7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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