Palettes / Colors / #BABAEE

#BABAEE — Pale Blue

#BABAEE is a blue color we call Pale Blue, closest to the named color LightBlue (#ADD8E6). It belongs to the blue family.

#BABAEE is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EEEEBA; it also sits naturally between #BAD4EE and #D4BAEE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 73% · Blue 93%

Cyan 22% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BABAEE

.text { color: #BABAEE; }
.background { background-color: #BABAEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BABAEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 186, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(240, 60%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BABAEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 186, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BABAEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 186, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BABAEE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BABAEE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BABAEE

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEEEBA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BABAEE: #000000.

How #BABAEE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BABAEE rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BABAED  ·  #BABAEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BABAEE?

#BABAEE is Pale Blue, a blue color (RGB 186, 186, 238). Its closest standard named color is LightBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BABAEE?

#BABAEE is RGB 186, 186, 238 — HSL 240°, 60%, 83% — CMYK 22%, 22%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BABAEE?

Its complement is #EEEEBA; analogous partners are #BAD4EE and #D4BAEE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BABAEE for text?

Black text on #BABAEE has a contrast ratio of 11.35:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.85:1.