#bbbdbe Color Information

#bbbdbe Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #bbbdbe. In RGB, it consists of 73.3% Red, 74.1% Green, and 74.5% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 1.6% Cyan, 0.5% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 25.5% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 200.0°, with saturation of 2.3% and lightness of 73.9%. The decimal value for #bbbdbe is 12303806, and its nearest "web safe" color is #cccccc. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #bbbdbe is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#bbbdbe Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color187, 189, 190 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color73.3%, 74.1%, 74.5% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.267, 0.259, 0.255 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.016, 0.005, 0, 0.255 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color200.0°, 2.3%, 73.9% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color200.0°, 1.6%, 74.5% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color47.985, 50.678, 55.968 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color187, 188, 190 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code12303806 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color76.483, -0.503, -0.756 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)76.483, 0.908, 236.341 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color76.483, -1.183, -1.042 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color71.188, -4.259, 3.218 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.310, 0.328, 50.678 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4290493886 / 0xffbbbdbe Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#cccccc Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #bbbdbe

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #bbbdbe, its pure hue is 200.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 2.3%, and its lightness is 73.9%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #bbbdbe, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #171818 to #a4a5a6.

Tints of #bbbdbe

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #bbbdbe, its pure hue is 200.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 2.3%, and its lightness is 73.9%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #bbbdbe, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #c4c5c6 to #f7f7f7.

Tones of #bbbdbe

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #bbbdbe, its pure hue is 200.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 2.3%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #bbbdbe, which range from #bdbdbd (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #7ad3ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #bbbdbe

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #bbbdbe! For #bbbdbe, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #bbbdbe. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #bbbdbe

This color, #bbbdbe, consists of 73.3% Red, 74.1% Green, and 74.5% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 187, Green = 189, Blue = 190. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #bbbdbe is 1.6% Cyan, 0.5% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 25.5% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R73.3%
C1.6%
G74.1%
M0.5%
B74.5%
Y0.0%
K25.5%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 187 189 190
Octal 273 275 276
Hexa #bb #bd #be
Binary 10111011 10111101 10111110
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 1 0 0 25
Octal 1 0 0 31
Hexa #01 #00 #00 #19
Binary 00000001 00000000 00000000 00011001

Analogous Colors of #bbbdbe

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #bbbdbe — which has hue 200.0° — its analogous colors are located at 170.0° and 230.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #bbbdbe.

Triadic Colors of #bbbdbe

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #bbbdbe — which has hue 200.0° — its triadic colors are located at 80.0° and 320.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #bbbdbe.

Complementary Color of #bbbdbe

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #bbbdbe — which has hue 200.0° — its complementary color is located at 20.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #bbbdbe.

Split Complementary Colors of #bbbdbe

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #bbbdbe — which has hue 200.0° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 50.0° and 350.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #bbbdbe.

Tetradic Colors of #bbbdbe

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #bbbdbe — which has hue 200.0° — its tetradic colors are located at 110.0°, 200.0°, 290.0°, and 20.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #bbbdbe.

Monochromatic Colors of #bbbdbe

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #bbbdbe, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #9a9c9c — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #dddedf (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #bbbdbe

We want to make getting started with #bbbdbe on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #bbbdbe into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #bbbdbe can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #bbbdbe with other HTML elements.

#bbbdbe Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #bbbdbe.
<span style="color: #bbbdbe;">The color of this text is #bbbdbe.</span>

#bbbdbe Background Color

The background color for this text is #bbbdbe.
<div style="background-color: #bbbdbe; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #bbbdbe.</div>

#bbbdbe Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #bbbdbe.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #bbbdbe;">This color for the shadow of this text is #bbbdbe.</span>

#bbbdbe Border Color

This is a div with border color #bbbdbe.
<div style="border: #bbbdbe 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #bbbdbe.</div>

#bbbdbe Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #bbbdbe on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #bbbdbe; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #bbbdbe on a white background.</div></div>

#bbbdbe Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #bbbdbe on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #bbbdbe; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #bbbdbe on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #bbbdbe to White

This is a gradient from #bbbdbe to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#bbbdbe,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#bbbdbe,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#bbbdbe,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#bbbdbe,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #bbbdbe to white.</div>

Gradient from #bbbdbe to Black

This is a gradient from #bbbdbe to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#bbbdbe,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#bbbdbe,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#bbbdbe,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#bbbdbe,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #bbbdbe to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #bbbdbe

In addition to using #bbbdbe on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #bbbdbe in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #bbbdbe, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 187, Green = 189, Blue = 190). If you need details about the color coordinates of #bbbdbe in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #bbbdbe
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(187, 189, 190)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #bbbdbe; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #bbbdbe; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #bbbdbe; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(187, 189, 190);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#bbbdbe")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:187, green:189, blue:190, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:187 green:189 blue:190 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(187f, 189f, 190f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(187, 189, 190);
 

#bbbdbe Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #bbbdbe the same way. For those with color blindness, #bbbdbe might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #bbbdbe looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #bbbdbe is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #bbbdbe looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #bbbdbe will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #bbbdbe is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 1.9:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
Large Size Text

WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
Large Size Text