#BABCD8#BABCD8

#BABCD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.039 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCD8
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(236, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, 4.88, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 15.05, 288.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.0084 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.039 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.6249, 51.3629, 72.1993)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCD8 #D8D6BA

analogous

#BACBD8 #BABCD8 #C7BAD8

triadic

#BABCD8 #D8BABC #BCD8BA

tetradic

#BABCD8 #D8BACB #D8D6BA #BAD8C7

square

#BABCD8 #D8BACB #D8D6BA #BAD8C7

split-complementary

#BABCD8 #D8C7BA #CBD8BA

monochromatic

#6C70AC #9396C2 #BABCD8 #E1E2EE #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BABCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BABCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCD8

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCD8	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.039 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e4',
    500: '#babcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcd8;
$custom-light: #cfd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80262,
    "c": 0.0394,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCD8

secondary

#AFAC88

accent

#A03FA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCD8

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

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