#BABCC6#BABCC6

#BABCC6 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.014 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCC6
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 198)
HSL	hsl(230, 10%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(230, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 1.22, -5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 5.41, 283.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% 0.0017 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.014 277)
XYZ	xyz(48.4240, 50.4825, 60.6081)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCC6 #C6C4BA

analogous

#BAC2C6 #BABCC6 #BEBAC6

triadic

#BABCC6 #C6BABC #BCC6BA

tetradic

#BABCC6 #C6BAC2 #C6C4BA #BAC6BE

square

#BABCC6 #C6BAC2 #C6C4BA #BAC6BE

split-complementary

#BABCC6 #C6BEBA #C2C6BA

monochromatic

#777B8F #989BAA #BABCC6 #DCDDE2 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BABCC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BABCC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCC6

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCC6	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.014 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0d7',
    500: '#babcc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcc6;
$custom-light: #ced0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79668,
    "c": 0.0142,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.50483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCC6

secondary

#99978B

accent

#895294

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCC6

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

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