#BABDEB#BABDEB

#BABDEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.065 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDEB
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(236, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, 8.47, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 24.67, 290.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% 0.0134 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.065 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4391, 52.8315, 85.9632)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDEB #EBE8BA

analogous

#BAD5EB #BABDEB #D0BAEB

triadic

#BABDEB #EBBABD #BDEBBA

tetradic

#BABDEB #EBBAD5 #EBE8BA #BAEBD0

square

#BABDEB #EBBAD5 #EBE8BA #BAEBD0

split-complementary

#BABDEB #EBD0BA #D5EBBA

monochromatic

#5B62CF #8B90DD #BABDEB #E7E8F8 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BABDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#BABDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDEB

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDEB	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.065 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0f1',
    500: '#babdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdeb;
$custom-light: #cfd0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.327,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81152,
    "c": 0.06475,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDEB

secondary

#C7C382

accent

#B923C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDEB

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

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