#BABBDE#BABBDE

#BABBDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.049 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABBDE
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(238, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, 6.70, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 18.81, 290.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% 0.0119 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.049 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2019, 51.2531, 76.2884)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABBDE #DEDDBA

analogous

#BACDDE #BABBDE #CBBADE

triadic

#BABBDE #DEBABB #BBDEBA

tetradic

#BABBDE #DEBACD #DEDDBA #BADECB

square

#BABBDE #DEBACD #DEDDBA #BADECB

split-complementary

#BABBDE #DECBBA #CDDEBA

monochromatic

#6769B6 #9192CA #BABBDE #E3E4F2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BABBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BABBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABBDE

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABBDE	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.049 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfe8',
    500: '#babbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babbde;
$custom-light: #cfcfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.333,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80274,
    "c": 0.04921,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABBDE

secondary

#B6B586

accent

#AB37AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABBDE

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

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