#BABCD3#BABCD3

#BABCD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.032 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCD3
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(235, 22%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, 3.83, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 12.37, 288.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.0066 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.032 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9883, 51.1082, 68.8467)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCD3 #D3D1BA

analogous

#BAC8D3 #BABCD3 #C4BAD3

triadic

#BABCD3 #D3BABC #BCD3BA

tetradic

#BABCD3 #D3BAC8 #D3D1BA #BAD3C4

square

#BABCD3 #D3BAC8 #D3D1BA #BAD3C4

split-complementary

#BABCD3 #D3C4BA #C8D3BA

monochromatic

#6F73A3 #9598BB #BABCD3 #DFE0EB #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BABCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BABCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCD3

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCD3	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.032 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0e0',
    500: '#babcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcd3;
$custom-light: #ced0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 22.124,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80091,
    "c": 0.03238,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCD3

secondary

#A8A689

accent

#9945A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCD3

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

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