#BABCD6#BABCD6

#BABCD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.037 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCD6
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(236, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(236, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, 4.46, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 13.97, 288.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% 0.0076 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.037 282)
XYZ	xyz(50.3679, 51.2601, 70.8459)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCD6 #D6D4BA

analogous

#BACAD6 #BABCD6 #C6BAD6

triadic

#BABCD6 #D6BABC #BCD6BA

tetradic

#BABCD6 #D6BACA #D6D4BA #BAD6C6

square

#BABCD6 #D6BACA #D6D4BA #BAD6C6

split-complementary

#BABCD6 #D6C6BA #CAD6BA

monochromatic

#6D71A8 #9497BF #BABCD6 #E0E1ED #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BABCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BABCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCD6

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCD6	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.037 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e2',
    500: '#babcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcd6;
$custom-light: #cfd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 25.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80193,
    "c": 0.0366,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.51261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCD6

secondary

#ACAA88

accent

#9D42A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCD6

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

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