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#BABCD5

#babcd5 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#babcd5 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 73.73% green and 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.68% cyan, 11.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 235.56°, with 24.32% saturation and 78.24% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.21.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5121

Complementary

  1. #babcd5
  2. #d5d3ba

Split complementary

  1. #babcd5
  2. #d5c6ba
  3. #cad5ba

Analogous

  1. #bacad5
  2. #babcd5
  3. #c6bad5

Triadic

  1. #babcd5
  2. #d5babc
  3. #bcd5ba

Tetradic

  1. #babcd5
  2. #d3bad5
  3. #d5d3ba
  4. #bcd5ba

Square

  1. #babcd5
  2. #d5baca
  3. #d5d3ba
  4. #bad5c6

Monochromatic

  1. #5d6299
  2. #8a8eb8
  3. #babcd5
  4. #eaeaf2
  5. #f2f3f7

Shades

#babcd5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #babcd5
  2. #a7a9c0
  3. #9596aa
  4. #828495
  5. #707180
  6. #5d5e6b
  7. #4a4b55
  8. #383840
  9. #25262b
  10. #131315
  11. #000000

Tints

#babcd5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #babcd5
  2. #c1c3d9
  3. #c8c9dd
  4. #cfd0e2
  5. #d6d7e6
  6. #dddeea
  7. #e3e4ee
  8. #eaebf2
  9. #f1f2f7
  10. #f8f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#babcd5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #babcd5
  2. #b4b6cd
  3. #aeb0c4
  4. #a9aabc
  5. #a3a4b3
  6. #9d9eab
  7. #9798a2
  8. #91929a
  9. #8c8c91
  10. #868689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcbdc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6bed6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5bdd4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4c0c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8bdd6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7bcd5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7becb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-babcd5 {
  color: #babcd5;
}
Background
.bg-babcd5 {
  background-color: #babcd5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-babcd5 {
  border: 2px solid #babcd5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #babcd5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 188 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 24% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-babcd5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #babcd5, #c6bad5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-babcd5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 188 213 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.21 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.30 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.63 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.54 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.17 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.23 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.81 #45432a Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#babcd5  rgb(186, 188, 213)  hsl(236, 24%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d5d3ba  rgb(213, 211, 186)  hsl(56, 24%, 78%)  Pearl
#d5babc  rgb(213, 186, 188)  hsl(356, 24%, 78%)  Silver Pink
#bcd5ba  rgb(188, 213, 186)  hsl(116, 24%, 78%)  Tea Green