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Recognised as Colour

#BABBE0

  • #BABBE0
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BABBE0 is a blue with RGB values 186, 187, 224 and HSL 238°, 38%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BABBE0#BABBE0
HEX#BABBE0
RGBrgb(186, 187, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7333, 0.8784
RGB percentages72.9%, 73.3%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(238.4, 38%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.4, 17%, 87.8%)
CMYK17%, 16.5%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,237,792
CSS custom property--colour: #BABBE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.27:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#45441F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2BFE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1BDDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B2C1C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2Thistle · ΔE 11.6Lavender · ΔE 17.7Silver · ΔE 19.9Light blue · ΔE 20.6Light skyblue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0DFBA
Analogous#BACEE0, #CCBAE0
Triadic#E0BABB, #BBE0BA
Split complementary#E0CCBA, #CEE0BA
Tetradic#E0BACE, #E0DFBA, #BAE0CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDDEF0
Darker −10%#9798D0
Darker −20%#7476C0
Darker −30%#5053B1
Darker −40%#40428E
More saturated +25%#AEAFED
Less saturated −25%#C7C7D4

Channel breakdown

R186
G187
B224
Red186 (72.9%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue238.42°
Saturation (HSL)38%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G BB · B E0

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