Colour

#BABEC8

#BABEC8
Blue
Light
Nearest: Silver

#BABEC8 is a blue with RGB values 186, 190, 200 and HSL 223°, 11%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BABEC8#BABEC8

HEX#BABEC8

RGBrgb(186, 190, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7451, 0.7843

RGB percentages72.9%, 74.5%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(222.9, 11.3%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 7%, 78.4%)

CMYK7%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,238,536

CSS custom property--colour: #BABEC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.29:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#454137

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBBFC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BABDC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B7C0C1no 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 text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 5.6 Light grey · ΔE 9.4 Dark grey · ΔE 9.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 10 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.1 Thistle · ΔE 13.6

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.58, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C8C4BA

Analogous#BAC5C8, #BDBAC8

Triadic#C8BABE, #BEC8BA

Split complementary#C8BDBA, #C5C8BA

Tetradic#C8BAC5, #C8C4BA, #BAC8BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3F3F5

Lighter +10%#D6D9DF

Darker −10%#9EA3B1

Darker −20%#81899B

Darker −30%#676F82

Darker −40%#515765

More saturated +25%#ABB7D8

Less saturated −25%#C1C1C1

Channel breakdown

R186

G190

B200

Red186 (72.9%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue222.86°

Saturation (HSL)11.29%

Lightness75.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BA · G BE · B C8

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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