#BABAEF#BABAEF

#BABAEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.074 H 284.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAEF
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(240, 62%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(240, 22%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, 11.01, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 28.48, 292.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% 0.0188 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.074 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3848, 51.7880, 88.8281)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAEF #EFEFBA

analogous

#BAD4EF #BABAEF #D4BAEF

triadic

#BABAEF #EFBABA #BAEFBA

tetradic

#BABAEF #EFBAD4 #EFEFBA #BAEFD4

square

#BABAEF #EFBAD4 #EFEFBA #BAEFD4

split-complementary

#BABAEF #EFD4BA #D4EFBA

monochromatic

#5757D8 #8888E3 #BABAEF #E6E6F9 #E6E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BABAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BABAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAEF

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAEF	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.074 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcef4',
    500: '#babaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babaef;
$custom-light: #cfcef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80715,
    "c": 0.07447,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAEF

secondary

#CDCD80

accent

#CA1BCA

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAEF

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

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