#BABDCB#BABDCB

#BABDCB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.020 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDCB
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(229, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(229, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, 1.67, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 7.57, 282.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% 0.0022 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.02 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2246, 51.1457, 63.7671)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDCB #CBC8BA

analogous

#BAC6CB #BABDCB #C0BACB

triadic

#BABDCB #CBBABD #BDCBBA

tetradic

#BABDCB #CBBAC6 #CBC8BA #BACBC0

square

#BABDCB #CBBAC6 #CBC8BA #BACBC0

split-complementary

#BABDCB #CBC0BA #C6CBBA

monochromatic

#747A96 #979CB1 #BABDCB #DDDEE5 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BABDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BABDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDCB

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDCB	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.020 276.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80031,
    "c": 0.01993,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDCB

secondary

#9F9B8A

accent

#8B4D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDCB

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

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