#bababd

Color #bababd

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 2.65 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-300 #d4d4d8 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bababd

RGB

rgb(186, 186, 189)

HSL

hsl(240, 2.2%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 1.6%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(75.59, 0.56, -1.51)

LCH

lch(75.59, 1.61, 290.35)

OKLCH

oklch(79%, 0.0042, 286.7)

HWB

hwb(240, 72.9%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdbdba

Analogous

#babbbd

#bababd

#bbbabd

Triadic

#bababd

#bdbaba

#babdba

Split-complementary

#bababd

#bdbbba

#bbbdba

Tetradic

#bababd

#bdbabd

#bdbdba

#babdba

Square

#bababd

#bdbabb

#bdbdba

#babdbb

Shades

Color #bababd mixed toward black.

#9a9a9e

#7a7a80

#5c5c60

#3d3d40

#1f1f20

Tints

Color #bababd mixed toward white.

#c5c5c8

#d1d1d3

#dcdcde

#e8e8e9

#f3f3f4

Tones

Color #bababd mixed toward gray.

#bababd

#bababc

#bbbbbc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bababc · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#bababc · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#babcbc · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 1.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bababd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bababd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bababd (#bababd) is rgb(186, 186, 189) in RGB.

No, #bababd is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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