#BABDCF#BABDCF

#BABDCF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.025 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDCF
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(231, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(231, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, 2.48, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 9.70, 284.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% 0.0037 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.026 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7074, 51.3389, 66.3100)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDCF #CFCCBA

analogous

#BAC8CF #BABDCF #C2BACF

triadic

#BABDCF #CFBABD #BDCFBA

tetradic

#BABDCF #CFBAC8 #CFCCBA #BACFC2

square

#BABDCF #CFBAC8 #CFCCBA #BACFC2

split-complementary

#BABDCF #CFC2BA #C8CFBA

monochromatic

#72789D #969AB6 #BABDCF #DEE0E8 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BABDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BABDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDCF

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDCF	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.025 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0dd',
    500: '#babdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdcf;
$custom-light: #ced0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80161,
    "c": 0.0255,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDCF

secondary

#A4A089

accent

#90499C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDCF

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

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