#BABBC8#BABBC8

#BABBC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.018 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABBC8
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(236, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(236, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, 2.15, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 7.00, 287.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% 0.0039 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.018 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4433, 50.1496, 61.7601)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABBC8 #C8C7BA

analogous

#BAC2C8 #BABBC8 #C0BAC8

triadic

#BABBC8 #C8BABB #BBC8BA

tetradic

#BABBC8 #C8BAC2 #C8C7BA #BAC8C0

square

#BABBC8 #C8BAC2 #C8C7BA #BAC8C0

split-complementary

#BABBC8 #C8C0BA #C2C8BA

monochromatic

#767892 #9899AD #BABBC8 #DCDDE3 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BABBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BABBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABBC8

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABBC8	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.018 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfd8',
    500: '#babbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babbc8;
$custom-light: #cecfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79527,
    "c": 0.01826,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABBC8

secondary

#9C9A8B

accent

#905095

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABBC8

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

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