Information about Soft Gray color
Basic facts about this digital color
A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #BBBDBD appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Half Grey Chateau (#BABDC1). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Greywacke (#BCB8BE) and Quarter Delta (#BFC0BB).
The recipe behind #BBBDBD is rgb(187, 189, 189), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BBBDBD: 11.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for white. The name "Soft Gray" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Soft Gray color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Soft Gray color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Soft Gray color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Soft Gray color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Soft Gray color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Soft Gray 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Soft Gray color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Soft Gray
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#BABDC1
#BCB8BE
#BFC0BB
#BFBDC1
#B9C3BE
#C0C0C0
#C0C1BF
#BEBFB7
#BFC1C2
#C3BEBB
#B7BAB6
#BEBDB4
Soft Gray color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BBBDBD
- RGB187, 189, 189
- CMYK1, 0, 0, 26
- CSSrgb(187, 189, 189)
- HSL180°, 1%, 74%
- HSL Precise180°, 1.493%, 73.725%
- HSV180°, 1%, 74%
- HSB180°, 1%, 74%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.741
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.741
- GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.741, 0.741)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.741, 0.741, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.741, 0.741)
- Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB74.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB74.1%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDBBBDBD
- DECIMAL ID12303805
- Name Length9
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- Counting from2025-01-01
