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#BBBABA

#bbbaba ≈ Silver

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#bbbaba is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 72.94% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.53% magenta, 0.53% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 0.73% saturation and 73.14% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 1.61.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.4923

Complementary

  1. #bbbaba
  2. #babbbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbaba
  2. #babbbb
  3. #babbbb

Analogous

  1. #bbbabb
  2. #bbbaba
  3. #bbbbba

Triadic

  1. #bbbaba
  2. #babbba
  3. #bababb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbaba
  2. #bbbbba
  3. #babbbb
  4. #bababb

Square

  1. #bbbaba
  2. #bbbbba
  3. #babbbb
  4. #bbbabb

Monochromatic

  1. #6f6d6d
  2. #959393
  3. #bbbaba
  4. #e1e1e1
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#bbbaba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbaba
  2. #a8a7a7
  3. #969595
  4. #838282
  5. #707070
  6. #5e5d5d
  7. #4b4a4a
  8. #383838
  9. #252525
  10. #131313
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbaba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbaba
  2. #c2c1c1
  3. #c9c8c8
  4. #cfcfcf
  5. #d6d6d6
  6. #dddddd
  7. #e4e3e3
  8. #ebeaea
  9. #f1f1f1
  10. #f8f8f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbaba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbaba
  2. #b5b4b4
  3. #afaeae
  4. #a9a9a9
  5. #a3a3a3
  6. #9e9d9d
  7. #989797
  8. #929191
  9. #8c8c8c
  10. #868686
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbbaba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bababa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bababa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bbbaba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bababa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbbaba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bbbaba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbaba {
  color: #bbbaba;
}
Background
.bg-bbbaba {
  background-color: #bbbaba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbaba {
  border: 2px solid #bbbaba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbaba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 186 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 1% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbaba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbaba, #bbbbba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbaba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 186 186 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 1.61 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 4.81 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 4.81 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 6.22 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 6.22 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 7.72 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.27 #444545 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Silver
#bbbaba  rgb(187, 186, 186)  hsl(0, 1%, 73%)  Silver
#babbbb  rgb(186, 187, 187)  hsl(180, 1%, 73%)  Silver
#babbba  rgb(186, 187, 186)  hsl(120, 1%, 73%)  Silver
#bababb  rgb(186, 186, 187)  hsl(240, 1%, 73%)  Silver