#BABBCB#BABBCB

#BABBCB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.022 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABBCB
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(236, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(236, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, 2.75, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 8.61, 288.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% 0.0051 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.022 283)
XYZ	xyz(48.7974, 50.2913, 63.6247)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABBCB #CBCABA

analogous

#BAC4CB #BABBCB #C2BACB

triadic

#BABBCB #CBBABB #BBCBBA

tetradic

#BABBCB #CBBAC4 #CBCABA #BACBC2

square

#BABBCB #CBBAC4 #CBCABA #BACBC2

split-complementary

#BABBCB #CBC2BA #C4CBBA

monochromatic

#747696 #9799B1 #BABBCB #DDDDE5 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BABBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BABBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABBCB

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABBCB	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.022 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfda',
    500: '#babbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babbcb;
$custom-light: #cecfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79623,
    "c": 0.02247,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.50292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABBCB

secondary

#9F9E8A

accent

#944D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABBCB

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

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