#BABDCC#BABDCC

#BABDCC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.021 H 276.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDCC
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(230, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(230, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, 1.87, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 8.11, 283.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% 0.0026 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.021 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3442, 51.1936, 64.3968)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDCC #CCC9BA

analogous

#BAC6CC #BABDCC #C0BACC

triadic

#BABDCC #CCBABD #BDCCBA

tetradic

#BABDCC #CCBAC6 #CCC9BA #BACCC0

square

#BABDCC #CCBAC6 #CCC9BA #BACCC0

split-complementary

#BABDCC #CCC0BA #C6CCBA

monochromatic

#747A98 #979BB2 #BABDCC #DDDFE6 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BABDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BABDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDCC

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDCC	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.021 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0db',
    500: '#babdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdcc;
$custom-light: #ced0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80063,
    "c": 0.02131,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDCC

secondary

#A09D8A

accent

#8C4C99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDCC

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

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