#BABECD#BABECD

#BABECD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.022 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABECD
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(227, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(227, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, 1.54, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 8.15, 280.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% 0.0015 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.022 274)
XYZ	xyz(49.6803, 51.6734, 65.1024)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABECD #CDC9BA

analogous

#BAC8CD #BABECD #C0BACD

triadic

#BABECD #CDBABE #BECDBA

tetradic

#BABECD #CDBAC8 #CDC9BA #BACDC0

square

#BABECD #CDBAC8 #CDC9BA #BACDC0

split-complementary

#BABECD #CDC0BA #C8CDBA

monochromatic

#737B9A #979DB3 #BABECD #DDDFE7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BABECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BABECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABECD

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABECD	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.022 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1dc',
    500: '#babecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babecd;
$custom-light: #ced1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.368,
    "s": 15.966,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80299,
    "c": 0.02153,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.51674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABECD

secondary

#A19C8A

accent

#8A4B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABECD

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

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