#BABCD1#BABCD1

#BABCD1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.030 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCD1
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 209)
HSL	hsl(235, 20%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(235, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 10%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, 3.42, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 11.29, 287.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% 0.0058 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.03 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7391, 51.0086, 67.5344)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCD1 #D1CFBA

analogous

#BAC7D1 #BABCD1 #C4BAD1

triadic

#BABCD1 #D1BABC #BCD1BA

tetradic

#BABCD1 #D1BAC7 #D1CFBA #BAD1C4

square

#BABCD1 #D1BAC7 #D1CFBA #BAD1C4

split-complementary

#BABCD1 #D1C4BA #C7D1BA

monochromatic

#7175A0 #9598B9 #BABCD1 #DFE0E9 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BABCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BABCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCD1

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCD1	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.030 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0df',
    500: '#babcd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcd1;
$custom-light: #ced0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80024,
    "c": 0.02957,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCD1

secondary

#A6A489

accent

#97479E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCD1

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

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