Information about #BABFD9 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #BABFD9 reads as a softly balanced deep-sea blue and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Lavender Grey (#BDBBD7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Heartbreaker (#C1C2DA) and Oxygen (#BBC6D5).
In RGB terms — rgb(186, 191, 217) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #BABFD9 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 11.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.8:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#BABFD9 color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
#BABFD9 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BABFD9 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BABFD9 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BABFD9 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#BABFD9 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #BABFD9 color
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Nearest named colors to #BABFD9
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BDBBD7
#C1C2DA
#BBC6D5
#C0BCD4
#B3C4D8
#BCC6DF
#BBB5D8
#AFBDD9
#C3B9DD
#B0C4DE
#B1B9D3
#BDBACE
#BABFD9 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BABFD9
- RGB186, 191, 217
- CMYK12, 10, 0, 15
- CSSrgb(186, 191, 217)
- HSL230°, 29%, 79%
- HSL Precise230.323°, 28.972%, 79.02%
- HSV230°, 14%, 85%
- HSB230°, 14%, 85%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.749
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.851
- GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.749, 0.851)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.749, 0.851, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.749, 0.851)
- Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB74.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB85.1%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDBABFD9
- DECIMAL ID12238809
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
