#BABAEC#BABAEC

#BABAEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.070 H 284.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAEC
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 236)
HSL	hsl(240, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(240, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, 10.33, -24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 26.88, 292.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% 0.0179 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.07 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9453, 51.6122, 86.5133)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAEC #ECECBA

analogous

#BAD3EC #BABAEC #D3BAEC

triadic

#BABAEC #ECBABA #BAECBA

tetradic

#BABAEC #ECBAD3 #ECECBA #BAECD3

square

#BABAEC #ECBAD3 #ECECBA #BAECD3

split-complementary

#BABAEC #ECD3BA #D3ECBA

monochromatic

#5A5AD2 #8A8ADF #BABAEC #E7E7F8 #E7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BABAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BABAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAEC

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAEC	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.070 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcef2',
    500: '#babaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babaec;
$custom-light: #cfcef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80598,
    "c": 0.07027,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAEC

secondary

#C9C981

accent

#C421C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAEC

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

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