What color is #B5B6B7?

#B5B6B7 is a light gray known as Wolfram. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Wolfram?

The RGB value is 181, 182, 183: 181 red, 182 green and 183 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Wolfram?

The complementary color is #B7B6B5, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B5B6B7?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.34:1 and white text 2.03:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Wolfram color: hex code #B5B6B7

#B5B6B7 rgb(181, 182, 183)

Shades of gray

Wolfram has the hex code #B5B6B7. It is a light gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 71% red, 71.4% green and 71.8% blue (181, 182, 183).

Its hue angle is 210°, with 1% saturation and 71% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 1% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 28% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.34:1).

Wolfram (#B5B6B7) color codes

HEX	`#B5B6B7`
RGB	`rgb(181, 182, 183)`
RGB percent	`rgb(71%, 71.4%, 71.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(210, 1%, 71%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(210, 1%, 72%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(1%, 1%, 0%, 28%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(74, -0.16, -0.63)`
CIE LCH	`lch(74, 0.65, 255.55)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(44.33, 46.699, 51.469)`
Decimal	`11908791`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Wolfram, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #B5B6B7	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.34:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.03:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#B5B6B7 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.03:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.34:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #B5B6B7 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b5b6b7; }
.text { color: #b5b6b7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5b6b7; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(181 182 183 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b5b6b7, #b5b5b7); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #B5B6B7 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #B5B6B7?: #B5B6B7 is a light gray known as Wolfram. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Wolfram?: The RGB value is 181, 182, 183: 181 red, 182 green and 183 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Wolfram?: The complementary color is #B7B6B5, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B5B6B7?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.34:1 and white text 2.03:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.