#BABCED#BABCED

#BABCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.069 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCED
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(238, 59%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(238, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, 9.47, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 26.29, 291.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% 0.0154 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.069 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5153, 52.5190, 87.4220)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCED #EDEBBA

analogous

#BAD5ED #BABCED #D1BAED

triadic

#BABCED #EDBABC #BCEDBA

tetradic

#BABCED #EDBAD5 #EDEBBA #BAEDD1

square

#BABCED #EDBAD5 #EDEBBA #BAEDD1

split-complementary

#BABCED #EDD1BA #D5EDBA

monochromatic

#595ED4 #898DE0 #BABCED #E7E7F9 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BABCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BABCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCED

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCED	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.069 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0f3',
    500: '#babced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babced;
$custom-light: #cfd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.647,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81031,
    "c": 0.06891,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCED

secondary

#CAC781

accent

#C01FC6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCED

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

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