#BABDCD#BABDCD

#BABDCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.023 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDCD
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(231, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(231, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, 2.07, -8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 8.64, 283.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% 0.0029 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.023 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4645, 51.2417, 65.0304)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDCD #CDCABA

analogous

#BAC7CD #BABDCD #C1BACD

triadic

#BABDCD #CDBABD #BDCDBA

tetradic

#BABDCD #CDBAC7 #CDCABA #BACDC1

square

#BABDCD #CDBAC7 #CDCABA #BACDC1

split-complementary

#BABDCD #CDC1BA #C7CDBA

monochromatic

#73799A #979BB3 #BABDCD #DDDFE7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BABDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BABDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDCD

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDCD	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.023 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0dc',
    500: '#babdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdcd;
$custom-light: #ced0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 15.966,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80095,
    "c": 0.02271,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDCD

secondary

#A19E8A

accent

#8E4B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDCD

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

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