#BABBD0#BABBD0

#BABBD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.029 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABBD0
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 208)
HSL	hsl(237, 19%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(237, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 3.76, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 11.29, 289.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% 0.0069 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.03 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4028, 50.5334, 66.8135)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABBD0 #D0CFBA

analogous

#BAC6D0 #BABBD0 #C4BAD0

triadic

#BABBD0 #D0BABB #BBD0BA

tetradic

#BABBD0 #D0BAC6 #D0CFBA #BAD0C4

square

#BABBD0 #D0BAC6 #D0CFBA #BAD0C4

split-complementary

#BABBD0 #D0C4BA #C6D0BA

monochromatic

#71739E #9697B7 #BABBD0 #DEDFE9 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BABBD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BABBD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABBD0

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABBD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABBD0	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babbd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.029 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfde',
    500: '#babbd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babbd0;
$custom-light: #cecfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babbd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79788,
    "c": 0.0295,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABBD0

secondary

#A5A489

accent

#99489D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABBD0

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

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