#BABECF#BABECF

#BABECF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.024 H 275.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABECF
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 207)
HSL	hsl(229, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(229, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, 1.94, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 9.20, 282.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% 0.0022 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.024 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9233, 51.7706, 66.3820)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABECF #CFCBBA

analogous

#BAC9CF #BABECF #C1BACF

triadic

#BABECF #CFBABE #BECFBA

tetradic

#BABECF #CFBAC9 #CFCBBA #BACFC1

square

#BABECF #CFBAC9 #CFCBBA #BACFC1

split-complementary

#BABECF #CFC1BA #C9CFBA

monochromatic

#727A9D #969CB6 #BABECF #DEE0E8 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BABECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BABECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABECF

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABECF	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.024 275.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.571,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80364,
    "c": 0.02428,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABECF

secondary

#A49F89

accent

#8C499C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABECF

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

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