Information about #B6B6B6 color

#B6B6B6 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #B6B6B6 is classified in the Register under the Greyscale Color Family, with Desaturated and Very Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(182, 182, 182) (71.4% red, 71.4% green, 71.4% blue), or CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 29 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #B6B6B6 reads as a softly muted neutral grey and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Triple Concrete (#B7B6B5). Slightly further away sit Surrender (#B5B7B7) and Gray Cloud (#B6B6B4).

Technically, #B6B6B6 is a perfectly balanced RGB mix — red, green and blue all sit at 182, which is what makes it a true neutral. On this background, black text reaches a 10.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.0:1. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#B6B6B6 color variations

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

#B6B6B6 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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#C3C3C3

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#D2D2D2

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#E1E1E1

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#F0F0F0

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White

#FFFFFF

#B6B6B6 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#909090

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#6C6C6C

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#484848

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#242424

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Black

#000000

#B6B6B6 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#B6B6B6
#AAAAAA

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#9F9F9F

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#949494

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#8A8A8A

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Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#B6B6B6 belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #B6B6B6

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Triple Concrete color link
Triple Concrete

#B7B6B5

Surrender color link
Surrender

#B5B7B7

Gray Cloud color link
Gray Cloud

#B6B6B4

Misty Lavender color link
Misty Lavender

#B6B5B9

Half Silver Chalice color link
Half Silver Chalice

#B7BAB6

Rakaia color link
Rakaia

#BAB7B5

Eighth Tapa color link
Eighth Tapa

#B7B8B2

Antique Steel color link
Antique Steel

#B1B6B7

Philippine Silver color link
Philippine Silver

#B3B3B3

Loblolly color link
Loblolly

#B3BBB7

Hermitage color link
Hermitage

#B1B9B4

Half Mountain Mist color link
Half Mountain Mist

#B7B4B0

#B6B6B6 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B6B6B6
  • RGB182, 182, 182
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 29
  • CSSrgb(182, 182, 182)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 71%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 71.373%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 71%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.714
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.714
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.714
  • GLSLvec3(0.714, 0.714, 0.714)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.714, 0.714, 0.714, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.714, 0.714, 0.714)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB71.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB71.4%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB6B6B6
  • DECIMAL ID11974326
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers43 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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