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Colour

#BABDC8

  • #BABDC8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BABDC8 is a blue with RGB values 186, 189, 200 and HSL 227°, 11%, 76%. 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

#BABDC8#BABDC8
HEX#BABDC8
RGBrgb(186, 189, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7412, 0.7843
RGB percentages72.9%, 74.1%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(227.1, 11.3%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.1, 7%, 78.4%)
CMYK7%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,238,280
CSS custom property--colour: #BABDC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51004WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.2:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#454237

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BABEC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BDC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B7BFC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 6.1Dark grey · ΔE 9.6Light steelblue · ΔE 9.8Light grey · ΔE 9.9Gainsboro · ΔE 12.6Thistle · ΔE 13
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 6.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8C5BA
Analogous#BAC4C8, #BEBAC8
Triadic#C8BABD, #BDC8BA
Split complementary#C8BEBA, #C4C8BA
Tetradic#C8BAC4, #C8C5BA, #BAC8BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F3F5
Lighter +10%#D6D8DF
Darker −10%#9EA2B1
Darker −20%#81879B
Darker −30%#676D82
Darker −40%#515565
More saturated +25%#ABB4D8
Less saturated −25%#C1C1C1

Channel breakdown

R186
G189
B200
Red186 (72.9%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue227.14°
Saturation (HSL)11.29%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G BD · B C8

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