#BABAEE#BABAEE

#BABAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.073 H 284.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAEE
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(240, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(240, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, 10.78, -25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 27.95, 292.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% 0.0185 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.073 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2375, 51.7291, 88.0522)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAEE #EEEEBA

analogous

#BAD4EE #BABAEE #D4BAEE

triadic

#BABAEE #EEBABA #BAEEBA

tetradic

#BABAEE #EEBAD4 #EEEEBA #BAEED4

square

#BABAEE #EEBAD4 #EEEEBA #BAEED4

split-complementary

#BABAEE #EED4BA #D4EEBA

monochromatic

#5858D6 #8989E2 #BABAEE #E6E6F9 #E6E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BABAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BABAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAEE

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAEE	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.073 284.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80676,
    "c": 0.07307,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAEE

secondary

#CCCC80

accent

#C81DC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAEE

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

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