What color is #B4C5B6?

#B4C5B6 is a light, grayish green, closest to the named color Misty Morning. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #B4C5B6?

The RGB value is 180, 197, 182: 180 red, 197 green and 182 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #B4C5B6?

The complementary color is #C5B4C3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B4C5B6?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.6:1 and white text 1.81:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#B4C5B6 color

#B4C5B6 rgb(180, 197, 182)

Shades of gray

The hex color #B4C5B6 is a light, grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 70.6% red, 77.3% green and 71.4% blue (180, 197, 182).

Its hue angle is 127°, with 13% saturation and 74% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 23% black.

The closest named color is Misty Morning (#B2C8BD), a difference of 2.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 11.6:1).

#B4C5B6 color codes

HEX	`#B4C5B6`
RGB	`rgb(180, 197, 182)`
RGB percent	`rgb(70.6%, 77.3%, 71.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(127, 13%, 74%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(127, 9%, 77%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(9%, 0%, 8%, 23%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(77.88, -8.63, 5.54)`
CIE LCH	`lch(77.88, 10.26, 147.29)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(47.23, 53.013, 51.991)`
Decimal	`11847094`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #B4C5B6, 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 #B4C5B6	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	11.6:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.81:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#B4C5B6 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.81:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	11.6:1	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 #B4C5B6 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b4c5b6; }
.text { color: #b4c5b6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b4c5b6; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(180 197 182 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b4c5b6, #b4c5bf); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #B4C5B6?: #B4C5B6 is a light, grayish green, closest to the named color Misty Morning. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #B4C5B6?: The RGB value is 180, 197, 182: 180 red, 197 green and 182 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #B4C5B6?: The complementary color is #C5B4C3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B4C5B6?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.6:1 and white text 1.81:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.