#BABBDC

sRGB: 186 / 187 / 220

Ancient mountains flourish beyond boundaries
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations awaken sleeping galaxies

#BABBDC belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 186 red, 187 green and 220 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 238.2° lands in the blue region. Its 32.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.23:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 186, 187, 220
HSL: 238.24°, 32.69%, 79.61%
HSV / HSB: 238.24°, 15.45%, 86.27%
CMYK (approx.): 15.45%, 15.00%, 0.00%, 13.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 50.936, 51.147, 74.901
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.768, 6.270, -16.595
WCAG relative luminance: 0.51147
24-bit decimal: 12237788

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BABBDC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.23:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.87:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DCDBBA sits half a turn (180°) from #BABBDC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BABBDC #DCDBBA

Analogous

#BACCDC and #CABADC sit 30° to either side of #BABBDC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BACCDC #BABBDC #CABADC

Triadic

#BABBDC, #DCBABB and #BBDCBA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BABBDC #DCBABB #BBDCBA

Split complementary

Start at #BABBDC and look across the wheel. #DCCABA and #CCDCBA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BABBDC #DCCABA #CCDCBA

Square

Starting with #BABBDC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DCBACC, #DCDBBA, then #BADCCA. Across the square, #BABBDC pairs with #DCDBBA, and #DCBACC with #BADCCA.

#BABBDC #DCBACC #DCDBBA #BADCCA

Tetradic

#BABBDC and #DCDBBA are opposites, as are #DBBADC and #BBDCBA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BABBDC #DBBADC #DCDBBA #BBDCBA

Tints

Mixing #BABBDC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8C9E3, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1F1F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#BABBDC #C8C9E3 #D6D6EA #E3E4F1 #F1F1F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BABBDC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9596B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #25252C, the mixture is 80% black.

#BABBDC #9596B0 #707084 #4A4B58 #25252C #000000

Tones

Mixing #BABBDC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AEAFCA, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C8C92, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BABBDC #AEAFCA #A3A3B7 #9798A5 #8C8C92 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BABBDC

RGB

rgb(186 187 220)

HSL

hsl(238.235 32.692% 79.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BABBDC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BABBDC uses 186 red, 187 green and 220 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 72.9%

Green 73.3%

Blue 86.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BABBDC is 15.5% cyan, 15.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 13.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 15.5%

Magenta 15.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 13.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBBBDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BBD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BABBDC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBBBDD Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#BABBDC #C0C0D6 #C5C6D1 #CBCBCB #D1D0C5 #D6D6C0 #DCDBBA

Color vision previews

Compare how #BABBDC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#B3BFDE

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#B2BCDB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B3C0C6

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B5BDDD

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B5BCDC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B8BDD4

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BDBDBD

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BCBCCD

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.49102 G 0.49693 B 0.71569

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.73011 G 0.73320 B 0.85215

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.49207 G 0.49674 B 0.69602

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.288 y 0.289 Y 51.147

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 27.059 M % 26.667 Y % 13.725

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111010 10111011 11011100