#BABEC6#BABEC6

#BABEC6 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.012 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEC6
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 198)
HSL	hsl(220, 10%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, 0.15, -4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 4.50, 271.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0012 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.012 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8542, 51.3429, 60.7515)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEC6 #C6C2BA

analogous

#BAC4C6 #BABEC6 #BCBAC6

triadic

#BABEC6 #C6BABE #BEC6BA

tetradic

#BABEC6 #C6BAC4 #C6C2BA #BAC6BC

square

#BABEC6 #C6BAC4 #C6C2BA #BAC6BC

split-complementary

#BABEC6 #C6BCBA #C4C6BA

monochromatic

#777F8F #989EAA #BABEC6 #DCDEE2 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BABEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BABEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEC6

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEC6	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)

#BCBEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.012 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1d7',
    500: '#babec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babec6;
$custom-light: #ced1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80077,
    "c": 0.01209,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEC6

secondary

#99958B

accent

#7E5294

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEC6

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

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