#BABDEE#BABDEE

#BABDEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.069 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDEE
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(237, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(237, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, 9.15, -24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 26.27, 290.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% 0.0143 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.069 282)
XYZ	xyz(53.8761, 53.0064, 88.2651)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDEE #EEEBBA

analogous

#BAD7EE #BABDEE #D1BAEE

triadic

#BABDEE #EEBABD #BDEEBA

tetradic

#BABDEE #EEBAD7 #EEEBBA #BAEED1

square

#BABDEE #EEBAD7 #EEEBBA #BAEED1

split-complementary

#BABDEE #EED1BA #D7EEBA

monochromatic

#585FD6 #898EE2 #BABDEE #E6E8F9 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BABDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#BABDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDEE

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDEE	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.069 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0f3',
    500: '#babdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdee;
$custom-light: #cfd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.538,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81267,
    "c": 0.06896,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.53007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDEE

secondary

#CCC780

accent

#BE1DC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDEE

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

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