Information about #BAB9C6 color

#BAB9C6 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #BAB9C6 is classified in the Register under the Blue Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(186, 185, 198) — 72.9% red, 72.5% green, 77.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 5 / 5 / 0 / 22. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly toned deep-sea blue, #BAB9C6 has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Morepork (#B8B5C2). Slightly further away sit Half Grey Chateau (#BABDC1) and French Grey (#BFBDC1).

The recipe behind #BAB9C6 is rgb(186, 185, 198), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 10.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BAB9C6 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BAB9C6 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BAB9C6 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BAB9C6 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BAB9C6 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BAB9C6 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BAB9C6 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.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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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.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #BAB9C6

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Morepork color link
Morepork

#B8B5C2

Half Grey Chateau color link
Half Grey Chateau

#BABDC1

French Grey color link
French Grey

#BFBDC1

Greywacke color link
Greywacke

#BCB8BE

Ghost color link
Ghost

#C0BFC7

Blue Haze color link
Blue Haze

#BDBACE

Soft Gray color link
Soft Gray

#BBBDBD

Silver Sand color link
Silver Sand

#BFC1C2

Alaska color link
Alaska

#B2B9CD

Silver color link
Silver

#C0C0C0

Cool Silver color link
Cool Silver

#B0BBC0

Eighth Stack color link
Eighth Stack

#C0C1BF

#BAB9C6 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BAB9C6
  • RGB186, 185, 198
  • CMYK5, 5, 0, 22
  • CSSrgb(186, 185, 198)
  • HSL245°, 10%, 75%
  • HSL Precise244.615°, 10.236%, 75.098%
  • HSV245°, 7%, 78%
  • HSB245°, 7%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.776
  • GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.725, 0.776)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.725, 0.776, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.725, 0.776)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB77.6%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBAB9C6
  • DECIMAL ID12237254
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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