#BABBCE#BABBCE

#BABBCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.027 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABBCE
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(237, 17%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(237, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, 3.35, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 10.22, 289.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% 0.0062 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.027 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1583, 50.4356, 65.5258)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABBCE #CECDBA

analogous

#BAC5CE #BABBCE #C3BACE

triadic

#BABBCE #CEBABB #BBCEBA

tetradic

#BABBCE #CEBAC5 #CECDBA #BACEC3

square

#BABBCE #CEBAC5 #CECDBA #BACEC3

split-complementary

#BABBCE #CEC3BA #C5CEBA

monochromatic

#72749B #9698B5 #BABBCE #DEDEE7 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BABBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BABBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABBCE

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABBCE	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.027 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfdd',
    500: '#babbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babbce;
$custom-light: #cecfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 16.949,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79722,
    "c": 0.02668,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABBCE

secondary

#A3A18A

accent

#974A9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABBCE

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

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