#BABAFF#BABAFF

#BABAFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.097 H 284.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAFF
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 255)
HSL	hsl(240, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(240, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, 14.74, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 37.02, 293.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% 0.0235 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.097 284)
XYZ	xyz(55.8540, 52.7756, 101.8323)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAFF #FFFFBA

analogous

#BADDFF #BABAFF #DDBAFF

triadic

#BABAFF #FFBABA #BAFFBA

tetradic

#BABAFF #FFBADD #FFFFBA #BAFFDD

square

#BABAFF #FFBADD #FFFFBA #BAFFDD

split-complementary

#BABAFF #FFDDBA #DDFFBA

monochromatic

#4040FF #7D7DFF #BABAFF #E0E0FF #E0E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BABAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#BABAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAFF

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAFF	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7C2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAC6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.097 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceff',
    500: '#babaff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babaff;
$custom-light: #d0ceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81366,
    "c": 0.09678,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.52777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAFF

secondary

#E7E776

accent

#E600E5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141318

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAFF

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

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