#BABCD0#BABCD0

#BABCD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.028 H 281.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCD0
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(235, 19%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(235, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, 3.22, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 10.76, 287.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% 0.0055 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.028 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6157, 50.9592, 66.8844)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCD0 #D0CEBA

analogous

#BAC7D0 #BABCD0 #C3BAD0

triadic

#BABCD0 #D0BABC #BCD0BA

tetradic

#BABCD0 #D0BAC7 #D0CEBA #BAD0C3

square

#BABCD0 #D0BAC7 #D0CEBA #BAD0C3

split-complementary

#BABCD0 #D0C3BA #C7D0BA

monochromatic

#71759E #9699B7 #BABCD0 #DEDFE9 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BABCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BABCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCD0

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCD0	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)

#B7BED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.028 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0de',
    500: '#babcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcd0;
$custom-light: #ced0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79991,
    "c": 0.02817,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCD0

secondary

#A5A289

accent

#96489D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCD0

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

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