#BABBCD#BABBCD

#BABBCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.025 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABBCD
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(237, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(237, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, 3.15, -9.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 9.68, 288.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.0058 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.025 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0372, 50.3872, 64.8880)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABBCD #CDCCBA

analogous

#BAC5CD #BABBCD #C3BACD

triadic

#BABBCD #CDBABB #BBCDBA

tetradic

#BABBCD #CDBAC5 #CDCCBA #BACDC3

square

#BABBCD #CDBAC5 #CDCCBA #BACDC3

split-complementary

#BABBCD #CDC3BA #C5CDBA

monochromatic

#73759A #9798B3 #BABBCD #DDDEE7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BABBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BABBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABBCD

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABBCD	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.025 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfdc',
    500: '#babbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babbcd;
$custom-light: #cecfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 15.966,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79689,
    "c": 0.02527,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABBCD

secondary

#A1A08A

accent

#964B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABBCD

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

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