#BABAED#BABAED

#BABAED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.072 H 284.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAED
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 237)
HSL	hsl(240, 59%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(240, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, 10.56, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 27.41, 292.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% 0.0182 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.072 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0910, 51.6705, 87.2806)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAED #EDEDBA

analogous

#BAD3ED #BABAED #D3BAED

triadic

#BABAED #EDBABA #BAEDBA

tetradic

#BABAED #EDBAD3 #EDEDBA #BAEDD3

square

#BABAED #EDBAD3 #EDEDBA #BAEDD3

split-complementary

#BABAED #EDD3BA #D3EDBA

monochromatic

#5959D4 #8989E0 #BABAED #E7E7F9 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BABAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BABAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAED

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAED	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.072 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcef3',
    500: '#babaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babaed;
$custom-light: #cfcef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80637,
    "c": 0.07167,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAED

secondary

#CACA81

accent

#C61FC6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAED

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

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