Information about #BABAC1 color

#BABAC1 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BABAC1 falls into the Blue Color Family — Desaturated, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(186, 186, 193) — 72.9% red, 72.9% green, 75.7% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 3 / 3 / 0 / 24. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#BABAC1 presents itself as a softly muted neutral grey — one that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Half Grey Chateau (#BABDC1). Slightly further away sit Greywacke (#BCB8BE) and Soft Gray (#BBBDBD).

The recipe behind #BABAC1 is rgb(186, 186, 193), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BABAC1: 10.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#BABAC1 color variations

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

#BABAC1 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BABAC1

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

Greywacke color link
Greywacke

#BCB8BE

Soft Gray color link
Soft Gray

#BBBDBD

Morepork color link
Morepork

#B8B5C2

French Grey color link
French Grey

#BFBDC1

Silver color link
Silver

#C0C0C0

Silver Sand color link
Silver Sand

#BFC1C2

Eighth Stack color link
Eighth Stack

#C0C1BF

Tiara color link
Tiara

#B9C3BE

Ghost color link
Ghost

#C0BFC7

Cool Silver color link
Cool Silver

#B0BBC0

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BABAC1
  • RGB186, 186, 193
  • CMYK3, 3, 0, 24
  • CSSrgb(186, 186, 193)
  • HSL240°, 5%, 74%
  • HSL Precise240°, 5.344%, 74.314%
  • HSV240°, 4%, 76%
  • HSB240°, 4%, 76%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.757
  • GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.729, 0.757)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.729, 0.757, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.729, 0.757)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB75.7%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBABAC1
  • DECIMAL ID12237505
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01