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Recognised as Colour

#BABED4

  • #BABED4
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BABED4 is a blue with RGB values 186, 190, 212 and HSL 231°, 23%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BABED4#BABED4
HEX#BABED4
RGBrgb(186, 190, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7451, 0.8314
RGB percentages72.9%, 74.5%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(230.8, 23.2%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.8, 12.3%, 83.1%)
CMYK12.3%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,238,548
CSS custom property--colour: #BABED4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.4:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#45412B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C0D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7BED3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B5C2C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.8Thistle · ΔE 10.9Silver · ΔE 11.9Light grey · ΔE 13.9Dark grey · ΔE 14.3Lavender · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4D0BA
Analogous#BACBD4, #C3BAD4
Triadic#D4BABE, #BED4BA
Split complementary#D4C3BA, #CBD4BA
Tetradic#D4BACB, #D4D0BA, #BAD4C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F9FB
Lighter +10%#D9DCE8
Darker −10%#9BA0C0
Darker −20%#7B83AD
Darker −30%#5E6797
Darker −40%#4A5178
More saturated +25%#ACB4E2
Less saturated −25%#C7C7C7

Channel breakdown

R186
G190
B212
Red186 (72.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue230.77°
Saturation (HSL)23.21%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G BE · B D4

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