Colour

#BABDC5

#BABDC5
Blue
Light
Nearest: Silver

#BABDC5 is a blue with RGB values 186, 189, 197 and HSL 224°, 9%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BABDC5#BABDC5

HEX#BABDC5

RGBrgb(186, 189, 197)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7412, 0.7725

RGB percentages72.9%, 74.1%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(223.6, 8.7%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 5.6%, 77.3%)

CMYK5.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,238,277

CSS custom property--colour: #BABDC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.17:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#45423A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBBDC5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BABDC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#B8BEBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 4.5 Dark grey · ΔE 8.6 Light grey · ΔE 9.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 12 Thistle · ΔE 14.1

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 4.55, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C5C2BA

Analogous#BAC3C5, #BCBAC5

Triadic#C5BABD, #BDC5BA

Split complementary#C5BCBA, #C3C5BA

Tetradic#C5BAC3, #C5C2BA, #BAC5BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1F2F4

Lighter +10%#D6D8DC

Darker −10%#9EA2AE

Darker −20%#838896

Darker −30%#696E7D

Darker −40%#525661

More saturated +25%#AAB6D5

Less saturated −25%#C0C0C0

Channel breakdown

R186

G189

B197

Red186 (72.9%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue223.64°

Saturation (HSL)8.66%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BA · G BD · B C5

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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