#BABEC8#BABEC8

#BABEC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.015 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEC8
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(223, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(223, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 0.54, -5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 5.53, 275.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0004 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.015 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0864, 51.4358, 61.9744)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEC8 #C8C4BA

analogous

#BAC5C8 #BABEC8 #BDBAC8

triadic

#BABEC8 #C8BABE #BEC8BA

tetradic

#BABEC8 #C8BAC5 #C8C4BA #BAC8BD

square

#BABEC8 #C8BAC5 #C8C4BA #BAC8BD

split-complementary

#BABEC8 #C8BDBA #C5C8BA

monochromatic

#767E92 #989EAD #BABEC8 #DCDEE3 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BABEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BABEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEC8

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEC8	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.015 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1d8',
    500: '#babec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babec8;
$custom-light: #ced1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8014,
    "c": 0.01474,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEC8

secondary

#9C978B

accent

#825095

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEC8

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

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