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Recognised as Colour

#BABFED

  • #BABFED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BABFED is a blue with RGB values 186, 191, 237 and HSL 234°, 59%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BABFED#BABFED
HEX#BABFED
RGBrgb(186, 191, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.749, 0.9294
RGB percentages72.9%, 74.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(234.1, 58.6%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.1, 21.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK21.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,238,829
CSS custom property--colour: #BABFED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53815WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.76:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#454012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3C4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C0ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AEC7CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 12.2Thistle · ΔE 15.2Light skyblue · ΔE 19.4Lavender · ΔE 19.7Sky blue · ΔE 22.8Light blue · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 12.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE8BA
Analogous#BAD8ED, #CFBAED
Triadic#EDBABF, #BFEDBA
Split complementary#EDCEBA, #D8EDBA
Tetradic#EDBAD8, #EDE8BA, #BAEDCE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2E5F8
Darker −10%#9299E2
Darker −20%#6974D8
Darker −30%#414ECD
Darker −40%#2D3AAE
More saturated +25%#AFB6F8
Less saturated −25%#C5C8E2

Channel breakdown

R186
G191
B237
Red186 (72.9%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue234.12°
Saturation (HSL)58.62%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G BF · B ED

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