#BABBD4#BABBD4

#BABBD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.035 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABBD4
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(238, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(238, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, 4.58, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 13.44, 289.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% 0.0084 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.035 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9012, 50.7328, 69.4380)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABBD4 #D4D3BA

analogous

#BAC8D4 #BABBD4 #C6BAD4

triadic

#BABBD4 #D4BABB #BBD4BA

tetradic

#BABBD4 #D4BAC8 #D4D3BA #BAD4C6

square

#BABBD4 #D4BAC8 #D4D3BA #BAD4C6

split-complementary

#BABBD4 #D4C6BA #C8D4BA

monochromatic

#6F71A5 #9496BD #BABBD4 #E0E0EB #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BABBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BABBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABBD4

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABBD4	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.035 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfe1',
    500: '#babbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babbd4;
$custom-light: #cecfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.692,
    "s": 23.214,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79923,
    "c": 0.03513,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABBD4

secondary

#AAA889

accent

#9E44A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABBD4

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

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