#BABCDE#BABCDE

#BABCDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.048 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCDE
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(237, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(237, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, 6.16, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 18.26, 289.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% 0.0104 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.048 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4147, 51.6788, 76.3593)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCDE #DEDCBA

analogous

#BACEDE #BABCDE #CABADE

triadic

#BABCDE #DEBABC #BCDEBA

tetradic

#BABCDE #DEBACE #DEDCBA #BADECA

square

#BABCDE #DEBACE #DEDCBA #BADECA

split-complementary

#BABCDE #DECABA #CEDEBA

monochromatic

#676CB6 #9194CA #BABCDE #E3E4F2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BABCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BABCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCDE

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCDE	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.048 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e8',
    500: '#babcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcde;
$custom-light: #cfd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.667,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80474,
    "c": 0.04784,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCDE

secondary

#B6B386

accent

#A837AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCDE

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

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