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Colour

#BABDC7

  • #BABDC7
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BABDC7 is a blue with RGB values 186, 189, 199 and HSL 226°, 10%, 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

#BABDC7#BABDC7
HEX#BABDC7
RGBrgb(186, 189, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7412, 0.7804
RGB percentages72.9%, 74.1%, 78%
HSLhsl(226.2, 10.4%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.2, 6.5%, 78%)
CMYK6.5%, 5%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,238,279
CSS custom property--colour: #BABDC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.19:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#454238

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BABEC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BABDC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#B7BFC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 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 text11.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 5.6Dark grey · ΔE 9.2Light grey · ΔE 9.6Light steelblue · ΔE 10.2Gainsboro · ΔE 12.4Thistle · ΔE 13.4
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C7C4BA
Analogous#BAC4C7, #BDBAC7
Triadic#C7BABD, #BDC7BA
Split complementary#C7BDBA, #C4C7BA
Tetradic#C7BAC4, #C7C4BA, #BAC7BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F3F5
Lighter +10%#D6D8DE
Darker −10%#9EA2B0
Darker −20%#828799
Darker −30%#686E80
Darker −40%#515564
More saturated +25%#AAB5D7
Less saturated −25%#C1C1C1

Channel breakdown

R186
G189
B199
Red186 (72.9%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue226.15°
Saturation (HSL)10.4%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G BD · B C7

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