What color is #B5BBAD?

#B5BBAD is a light, grayish yellow-green, closest to the named color Irish Moor. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #B5BBAD?

The RGB value is 181, 187, 173: 181 red, 187 green and 173 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #B5BBAD?

The complementary color is #B3ADBB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B5BBAD?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.68:1 and white text 1.97:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#B5BBAD color

#B5BBAD rgb(181, 187, 173)

Shades of gray

The hex color #B5BBAD is a light, grayish yellow-green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 71% red, 73.3% green and 67.8% blue (181, 187, 173).

Its hue angle is 86°, with 9% saturation and 71% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 27% black.

The closest named color is Irish Moor (#B5C0B3), a difference of 2.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.68:1).

#B5BBAD color codes

HEX	`#B5BBAD`
RGB	`rgb(181, 187, 173)`
RGB percent	`rgb(71%, 73.3%, 67.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(86, 9%, 71%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(86, 7%, 73%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(3%, 0%, 7%, 27%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(75.06, -4.66, 6.37)`
CIE LCH	`lch(75.06, 7.89, 126.18)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(44.368, 48.381, 46.528)`
Decimal	`11910061`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #B5BBAD, 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 #B5BBAD	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.68:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.97:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#B5BBAD as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.97:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.68:1	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 #B5BBAD looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b5bbad; }
.text { color: #b5bbad; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5bbad; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(181 187 173 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b5bbad, #aebbad); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #B5BBAD?: #B5BBAD is a light, grayish yellow-green, closest to the named color Irish Moor. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #B5BBAD?: The RGB value is 181, 187, 173: 181 red, 187 green and 173 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #B5BBAD?: The complementary color is #B3ADBB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B5BBAD?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.68:1 and white text 1.97:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.