#BABCD4#BABCD4

#BABCD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.034 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCD4
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(235, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, 4.04, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 12.90, 288.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% 0.0069 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.034 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1140, 51.1585, 69.5090)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCD4 #D4D2BA

analogous

#BAC9D4 #BABCD4 #C5BAD4

triadic

#BABCD4 #D4BABC #BCD4BA

tetradic

#BABCD4 #D4BAC9 #D4D2BA #BAD4C5

square

#BABCD4 #D4BAC9 #D4D2BA #BAD4C5

split-complementary

#BABCD4 #D4C5BA #C9D4BA

monochromatic

#6F73A5 #9497BD #BABCD4 #E0E1EB #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BABCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BABCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCD4

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCD4	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.034 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0e1',
    500: '#babcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcd4;
$custom-light: #ced0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 23.214,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80125,
    "c": 0.03379,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCD4

secondary

#AAA789

accent

#9A44A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCD4

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

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