#BABECE#BABECE

#BABECE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.023 H 274.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABECE
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(228, 17%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(228, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, 1.74, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 8.67, 281.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% 0.0019 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.023 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8014, 51.7218, 65.7401)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABECE #CECABA

analogous

#BAC8CE #BABECE #C0BACE

triadic

#BABECE #CEBABE #BECEBA

tetradic

#BABECE #CEBAC8 #CECABA #BACEC0

square

#BABECE #CEBAC8 #CECABA #BACEC0

split-complementary

#BABECE #CEC0BA #C8CEBA

monochromatic

#727B9B #969CB5 #BABECE #DEE0E7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BABECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BABECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABECE

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABECE	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.023 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1dd',
    500: '#babece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babece;
$custom-light: #ced1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 16.949,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80332,
    "c": 0.02291,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABECE

secondary

#A39E8A

accent

#8B4A9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABECE

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

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