What color is #B5BCAE?

#B5BCAE is a light, grayish green, closest to the named color Irish Moor. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #B5BCAE?

The RGB value is 181, 188, 174: 181 red, 188 green and 174 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #B5BCAE?

The complementary color is #B5AEBC, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B5BCAE?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.77:1 and white text 1.95:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#B5BCAE color

#B5BCAE rgb(181, 188, 174)

Shades of gray

The hex color #B5BCAE is a light, grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 71% red, 73.7% green and 68.2% blue (181, 188, 174).

Its hue angle is 90°, with 9% saturation and 71% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 26% black.

The closest named color is Irish Moor (#B5C0B3), a difference of 1.9 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.77:1).

#B5BCAE color codes

HEX	`#B5BCAE`
RGB	`rgb(181, 188, 174)`
RGB percent	`rgb(71%, 73.7%, 68.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(90, 9%, 71%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(90, 7%, 74%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(4%, 0%, 7%, 26%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(75.36, -5.01, 6.24)`
CIE LCH	`lch(75.36, 8, 128.74)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(44.678, 48.846, 47.111)`
Decimal	`11910318`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #B5BCAE, 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 #B5BCAE	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.77:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.95:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#B5BCAE as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.95:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.77:1	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 #B5BCAE looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b5bcae; }
.text { color: #b5bcae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5bcae; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(181 188 174 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b5bcae, #aebcae); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #B5BCAE?: #B5BCAE is a light, grayish green, closest to the named color Irish Moor. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #B5BCAE?: The RGB value is 181, 188, 174: 181 red, 188 green and 174 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #B5BCAE?: The complementary color is #B5AEBC, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B5BCAE?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.77:1 and white text 1.95:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.