#beb5bd Color Information

#beb5bd 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 #beb5bd. In RGB, it consists of 74.5% Red, 71.0% Green, and 74.1% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 4.7% Magenta, 0.5% Yellow, and 25.5% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 306.7°, with saturation of 6.5% and lightness of 72.7%. The decimal value for #beb5bd is 12498365, and its nearest "web safe" color is #cccccc. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #beb5bd is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is red.
  • HexHex code for this color#beb5bd Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color190, 181, 189 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color74.5%, 71.0%, 74.1% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.255, 0.290, 0.259 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.047, 0.005, 0.255 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color306.7°, 6.5%, 72.7% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color306.7°, 4.7%, 74.5% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color46.944, 47.669, 54.871 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color190, 181, 189 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code12498365 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color74.616, 4.647, -2.922 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)74.616, 5.489, 327.834 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color74.616, 4.670, -5.167 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color69.043, 0.543, 1.210 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.314, 0.319, 47.669 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4290688445 / 0xffbeb5bd Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#cccccc Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #beb5bd

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #beb5bd, its pure hue is 306.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 6.5%, and its lightness is 72.7%. 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 #beb5bd, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #181718 to #a69ea5.

Tints of #beb5bd

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #beb5bd, its pure hue is 306.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 6.5%, and its lightness is 72.7%. 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 #beb5bd, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #c6bec5 to #f7f6f7.

Tones of #beb5bd

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #beb5bd, its pure hue is 306.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 6.5%, 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 #beb5bd, which range from #bababa (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #ff74f0 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #beb5bd

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #beb5bd! For #beb5bd, 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, #beb5bd. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #beb5bd

This color, #beb5bd, consists of 74.5% Red, 71.0% Green, and 74.1% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 190, Green = 181, Blue = 189. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #beb5bd is 0% Cyan, 4.7% Magenta, 0.5% Yellow, and 25.5% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R74.5%
C0.0%
G71.0%
M4.7%
B74.1%
Y0.5%
K25.5%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 190 181 189
Octal 276 265 275
Hexa #be #b5 #bd
Binary 10111110 10110101 10111101
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 4 0 25
Octal 0 4 0 31
Hexa #00 #04 #00 #19
Binary 00000000 00000100 00000000 00011001

Analogous Colors of #beb5bd

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #beb5bd — which has hue 306.7° — its analogous colors are located at 276.7° and 336.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #beb5bd.

Triadic Colors of #beb5bd

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 #beb5bd — which has hue 306.7° — its triadic colors are located at 66.7° and 306.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #beb5bd.

Complementary Color of #beb5bd

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #beb5bd — which has hue 306.7° — its complementary color is located at 126.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #beb5bd.

Split Complementary Colors of #beb5bd

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 #beb5bd — which has hue 306.7° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 96.7° and 306.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #beb5bd.

Tetradic Colors of #beb5bd

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 #beb5bd — which has hue 306.7° — its tetradic colors are located at 216.7°, 306.7°, 36.7°, and 126.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #beb5bd.

Monochromatic Colors of #beb5bd

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #beb5bd, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #9a9399 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #e0d9df (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #beb5bd

We want to make getting started with #beb5bd on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #beb5bd into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #beb5bd 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 #beb5bd with other HTML elements.

#beb5bd Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #beb5bd.
<span style="color: #beb5bd;">The color of this text is #beb5bd.</span>

#beb5bd Background Color

The background color for this text is #beb5bd.
<div style="background-color: #beb5bd; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #beb5bd.</div>

#beb5bd Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #beb5bd.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #beb5bd;">This color for the shadow of this text is #beb5bd.</span>

#beb5bd Border Color

This is a div with border color #beb5bd.
<div style="border: #beb5bd 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #beb5bd.</div>

#beb5bd Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #beb5bd on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #beb5bd; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #beb5bd on a white background.</div></div>

#beb5bd Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #beb5bd on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #beb5bd; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #beb5bd on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #beb5bd to White

This is a gradient from #beb5bd to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#beb5bd,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#beb5bd,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#beb5bd,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#beb5bd,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #beb5bd to white.</div>

Gradient from #beb5bd to Black

This is a gradient from #beb5bd to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#beb5bd,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#beb5bd,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#beb5bd,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#beb5bd,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #beb5bd to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #beb5bd

In addition to using #beb5bd 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 #beb5bd in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #beb5bd, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 190, Green = 181, Blue = 189). If you need details about the color coordinates of #beb5bd 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 #beb5bd
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(190, 181, 189)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #beb5bd; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #beb5bd; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #beb5bd; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(190, 181, 189);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#beb5bd")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:190, green:181, blue:189, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:190 green:181 blue:189 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(190f, 181f, 189f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(190, 181, 189);
 

#beb5bd Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #beb5bd the same way. For those with color blindness, #beb5bd might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #beb5bd looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #beb5bd 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 #beb5bd 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 #beb5bd 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 #beb5bd 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 2.0:1 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