#babbd9

Color #babbd9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#babbd9

RGB

rgb(186, 187, 217)

HSL

hsl(238.1, 29%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.1, 14.3%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(76.67, 5.63, -15.11)

LCH

lch(76.67, 16.12, 290.44)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.0421, 283.87)

HWB

hwb(238.1, 72.9%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9d8ba

Analogous

#bacad9

#babbd9

#c8bad9

Triadic

#babbd9

#d9babb

#bbd9ba

Split-complementary

#babbd9

#d9c8ba

#cad9ba

Tetradic

#babbd9

#d8bad9

#d9d8ba

#bbd9ba

Square

#babbd9

#d9baca

#d9d8ba

#bad9c8

Shades

Color #babbd9 mixed toward black.

#8f90c1

#6366a9

#484982

#303157

#18182b

Tints

Color #babbd9 mixed toward white.

#c5c6df

#d1d2e6

#dcddec

#e8e8f2

#f3f4f9

Tones

Color #babbd9 mixed toward gray.

#bdbdd6

#bfc0d4

#c2c2d1

#c4c5cf

#c7c7cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babad2 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#babad1 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#bacdcb · ΔE 17.4

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 12.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #babbd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#babbd9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#babbd9 (#babbd9) is rgb(186, 187, 217) in RGB.

No, #babbd9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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