#BABBD5#BABBD5

#BABBD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.037 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABBD5
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(238, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(238, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 4.79, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 13.98, 290.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% 0.0087 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.037 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0277, 50.7834, 70.1044)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABBD5 #D5D4BA

analogous

#BAC8D5 #BABBD5 #C6BAD5

triadic

#BABBD5 #D5BABB #BBD5BA

tetradic

#BABBD5 #D5BAC8 #D5D4BA #BAD5C6

square

#BABBD5 #D5BAC8 #D5D4BA #BAD5C6

split-complementary

#BABBD5 #D5C6BA #C8D5BA

monochromatic

#6E70A7 #9496BE #BABBD5 #E0E0EC #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BABBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BABBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABBD5

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABBD5	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.037 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfe2',
    500: '#babbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babbd5;
$custom-light: #cecfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.778,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79958,
    "c": 0.03653,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABBD5

secondary

#ABAA88

accent

#9F43A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABBD5

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

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