#BABBD8#BABBD8

#BABBD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.041 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABBD8
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(238, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, 5.42, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 15.59, 290.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% 0.0098 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.041 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4120, 50.9371, 72.1284)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABBD8 #D8D7BA

analogous

#BACAD8 #BABBD8 #C8BAD8

triadic

#BABBD8 #D8BABB #BBD8BA

tetradic

#BABBD8 #D8BACA #D8D7BA #BAD8C8

square

#BABBD8 #D8BACA #D8D7BA #BAD8C8

split-complementary

#BABBD8 #D8C8BA #CAD8BA

monochromatic

#6C6EAC #9394C2 #BABBD8 #E1E2EE #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BABBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BABBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABBD8

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABBD8	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.041 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfe4',
    500: '#babbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babbd8;
$custom-light: #cfcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80061,
    "c": 0.04076,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABBD8

secondary

#AFAD88

accent

#A33FA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABBD8

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

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