#BABCCE#BABCCE

#BABCCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.025 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCCE
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(234, 17%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, 2.81, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 9.69, 286.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% 0.0047 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.025 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3712, 50.8614, 65.5967)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCCE #CECCBA

analogous

#BAC6CE #BABCCE #C2BACE

triadic

#BABCCE #CEBABC #BCCEBA

tetradic

#BABCCE #CEBAC6 #CECCBA #BACEC2

square

#BABCCE #CEBAC6 #CECCBA #BACEC2

split-complementary

#BABCCE #CEC2BA #C6CEBA

monochromatic

#72779B #9699B5 #BABCCE #DEDFE7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BABCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BABCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCCE

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCCE	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.025 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0dd',
    500: '#babcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcce;
$custom-light: #ced0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 16.949,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79925,
    "c": 0.02536,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCCE

secondary

#A3A08A

accent

#934A9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCCE

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

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