#BABCDB#BABCDB

#BABCDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.044 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCDB
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(236, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, 5.51, -15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 16.65, 289.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% 0.0094 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.044 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0162, 51.5194, 74.2606)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCDB #DBD9BA

analogous

#BACDDB #BABCDB #C9BADB

triadic

#BABCDB #DBBABC #BCDBBA

tetradic

#BABCDB #DBBACD #DBD9BA #BADBC9

square

#BABCDB #DBBACD #DBD9BA #BADBC9

split-complementary

#BABCDB #DBC9BA #CDDBBA

monochromatic

#6A6EB1 #9295C6 #BABCDB #E2E3F0 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BABCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BABCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCDB

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCDB	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.044 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e6',
    500: '#babcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcdb;
$custom-light: #cfd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.364,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80367,
    "c": 0.04362,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCDB

secondary

#B2B087

accent

#A33BAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCDB

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

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