#babcc8

Color #babcc8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.6 Nearest Tailwind class gray-300 #d1d5dc · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#babcc8

RGB

rgb(186, 188, 200)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 11.3%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 7%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(76.42, 1.61, -6.27)

LCH

lch(76.42, 6.47, 284.4)

OKLCH

oklch(79.7%, 0.017, 278.46)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 72.9%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8c6ba

Analogous

#bac3c8

#babcc8

#bfbac8

Triadic

#babcc8

#c8babc

#bcc8ba

Split-complementary

#babcc8

#c8bfba

#c3c8ba

Tetradic

#babcc8

#c6bac8

#c8c6ba

#bcc8ba

Square

#babcc8

#c8bac3

#c8c6ba

#bac8bf

Shades

Color #babcc8 mixed toward black.

#9699ac

#72778f

#56596b

#393b48

#1d1e24

Tints

Color #babcc8 mixed toward white.

#c6c7d1

#d1d2da

#dddee4

#e8e9ed

#f4f4f6

Tones

Color #babcc8 mixed toward gray.

#bbbdc7

#bcbec6

#bebfc5

#bfbfc3

#c0c0c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbc5 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#bbbbc5 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#bac3c2 · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #babcc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#babcc8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#babcc8 (#babcc8) is rgb(186, 188, 200) in RGB.

No, #babcc8 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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