#BABCD9#BABCD9

#BABCD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.041 H 282.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCD9
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(236, 29%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, 5.09, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 15.58, 289.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% 0.0087 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.041 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7545, 51.4147, 72.8823)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCD9 #D9D7BA

analogous

#BACCD9 #BABCD9 #C8BAD9

triadic

#BABCD9 #D9BABC #BCD9BA

tetradic

#BABCD9 #D9BACC #D9D7BA #BAD9C8

square

#BABCD9 #D9BACC #D9D7BA #BAD9C8

split-complementary

#BABCD9 #D9C8BA #CCD9BA

monochromatic

#6B6FAE #9396C3 #BABCD9 #E1E2EF #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BABCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BABCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCD9

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCD9	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.041 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e4',
    500: '#babcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcd9;
$custom-light: #cfd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.129,
    "s": 28.972,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80297,
    "c": 0.04081,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCD9

secondary

#B0AD87

accent

#A13EA8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCD9

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

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