#BABECB#BABECB

#BABECB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.019 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABECB
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(226, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, 1.14, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 7.09, 279.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% 0.0007 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.019 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4405, 51.5774, 63.8391)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABECB #CBC7BA

analogous

#BAC7CB #BABECB #BFBACB

triadic

#BABECB #CBBABE #BECBBA

tetradic

#BABECB #CBBAC7 #CBC7BA #BACBBF

square

#BABECB #CBBAC7 #CBC7BA #BACBBF

split-complementary

#BABECB #CBBFBA #C7CBBA

monochromatic

#747C96 #979DB1 #BABECB #DDDFE5 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BABECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BABECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABECB

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABECB	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.019 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1da',
    500: '#babecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babecb;
$custom-light: #ced1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80235,
    "c": 0.01878,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABECB

secondary

#9F9A8A

accent

#874D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABECB

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

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