#BABDCA#BABDCA

#BABDCA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.019 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDCA
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(229, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(229, 8%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, 1.47, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 7.04, 282.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80% 0.0018 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.019 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1058, 51.0982, 63.1415)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDCA #CAC7BA

analogous

#BAC5CA #BABDCA #BFBACA

triadic

#BABDCA #CABABD #BDCABA

tetradic

#BABDCA #CABAC5 #CAC7BA #BACABF

square

#BABDCA #CABAC5 #CAC7BA #BACABF

split-complementary

#BABDCA #CABFBA #C5CABA

monochromatic

#757B95 #979CAF #BABDCA #DDDEE5 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BABDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BABDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDCA

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDCA	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.019 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0da',
    500: '#babdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdca;
$custom-light: #ced0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 13.115,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79999,
    "c": 0.01855,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDCA

secondary

#9E9A8A

accent

#8A4E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDCA

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

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