#BABDDF#BABDDF

#BABDDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.048 H 281.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDDF
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(235, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(235, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, 5.83, -17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 18.25, 288.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% 0.0094 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.048 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.7635, 52.1613, 77.1387)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDDF #DFDCBA

analogous

#BACFDF #BABDDF #C9BADF

triadic

#BABDDF #DFBABD #BDDFBA

tetradic

#BABDDF #DFBACF #DFDCBA #BADFC9

square

#BABDDF #DFBACF #DFDCBA #BADFC9

split-complementary

#BABDDF #DFC9BA #CFDFBA

monochromatic

#666DB8 #9095CC #BABDDF #E4E5F2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BABDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BABDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDDF

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDDF	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.048 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e9',
    500: '#babddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babddf;
$custom-light: #cfd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.135,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8071,
    "c": 0.04792,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDDF

secondary

#B7B386

accent

#A636B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDDF

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

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