#BABAC6#BABAC6

#BABAC6 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.017 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAC6
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 198)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, 2.29, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 6.46, 290.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% 0.0046 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.017 286)
XYZ	xyz(47.9997, 49.6340, 60.4667)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAC6 #C6C6BA

analogous

#BAC0C6 #BABAC6 #C0BAC6

triadic

#BABAC6 #C6BABA #BAC6BA

tetradic

#BABAC6 #C6BAC0 #C6C6BA #BAC6C0

square

#BABAC6 #C6BAC0 #C6C6BA #BAC6C0

split-complementary

#BABAC6 #C6C0BA #C0C6BA

monochromatic

#77778F #9898AA #BABAC6 #DCDCE2 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BABAC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BABAC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAC6

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAC6	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.017 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceced7',
    500: '#babac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babac6;
$custom-light: #ceced7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79259,
    "c": 0.0168,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.49634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAC6

secondary

#E7E7E4

accent

#945294

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAC6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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