Information about #B9BBA4 color

#B9BBA4 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #B9BBA4 is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(185, 187, 164) — 72.5% red, 73.3% green, 64.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 1 / 0 / 9 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A gently muted sunny yellow, #B9BBA4 floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Aspiring (#BBBBA1). Nearby in the Register you will also find Bone White (#B8B7A6) and Mist Grey (#BAB9A9).

The recipe behind #B9BBA4 is rgb(185, 187, 164), with green as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #B9BBA4 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B9BBA4 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B9BBA4 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#B9BBA4 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #B9BBA4

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Aspiring color link
Aspiring

#BBBBA1

Bone White color link
Bone White

#B8B7A6

Mist Grey color link
Mist Grey

#BAB9A9

Ash color link
Ash

#BEBAA7

Beryl Green color link
Beryl Green

#BCBFA8

Corkscrew color link
Corkscrew

#BDB6A5

Half Cougar color link
Half Cougar

#BCB5A6

Pebble Grey color link
Pebble Grey

#B4B3A4

Copyrite color link
Copyrite

#B4B2A6

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B9BBA4
  • RGB185, 187, 164
  • CMYK1, 0, 9, 27
  • CSSrgb(185, 187, 164)
  • HSL65°, 14%, 69%
  • HSL Precise65.217°, 14.465%, 68.824%
  • HSV65°, 12%, 73%
  • HSB65°, 12%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.643
  • GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.733, 0.643)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.733, 0.643, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.733, 0.643)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB64.3%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB9BBA4
  • DECIMAL ID12172196
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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