#BABDEC#BABDEC

#BABDEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.066 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDEC
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(236, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, 8.70, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 25.20, 290.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% 0.0137 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.066 282)
XYZ	xyz(53.5839, 52.8895, 86.7262)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDEC #ECE9BA

analogous

#BAD6EC #BABDEC #D0BAEC

triadic

#BABDEC #ECBABD #BDECBA

tetradic

#BABDEC #ECBAD6 #ECE9BA #BAECD0

square

#BABDEC #ECBAD6 #ECE9BA #BAECD0

split-complementary

#BABDEC #ECD0BA #D6ECBA

monochromatic

#5A61D2 #8A8FDF #BABDEC #E7E8F8 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BABDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#BABDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDEC

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDEC	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.066 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0f2',
    500: '#babdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdec;
$custom-light: #cfd0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.4,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8119,
    "c": 0.06615,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.5289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDEC

secondary

#C9C581

accent

#BB21C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDEC

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

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