#BABACE#BABACE

#BABACE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.028 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABACE
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(240, 17%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, 3.89, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 10.77, 291.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% 0.0076 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.028 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9469, 50.0128, 65.4553)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABACE #CECEBA

analogous

#BAC4CE #BABACE #C4BACE

triadic

#BABACE #CEBABA #BACEBA

tetradic

#BABACE #CEBAC4 #CECEBA #BACEC4

square

#BABACE #CEBAC4 #CECEBA #BACEC4

split-complementary

#BABACE #CEC4BA #C4CEBA

monochromatic

#72729B #9696B5 #BABACE #DEDEE7 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BABACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BABACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABACE

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABACE	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.028 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecedd',
    500: '#babace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babace;
$custom-light: #cecedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 16.949,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79519,
    "c": 0.02805,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABACE

secondary

#A3A38A

accent

#9B4A9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABACE

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

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