#BABED6#BABED6

#BABED6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.034 H 278.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABED6
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 214)
HSL	hsl(231, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(231, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, 3.38, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 12.92, 285.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% 0.0048 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.034 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7981, 52.1205, 70.9893)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABED6 #D6D2BA

analogous

#BACCD6 #BABED6 #C4BAD6

triadic

#BABED6 #D6BABE #BED6BA

tetradic

#BABED6 #D6BACC #D6D2BA #BAD6C4

square

#BABED6 #D6BACC #D6D2BA #BAD6C4

split-complementary

#BABED6 #D6C4BA #CCD6BA

monochromatic

#6D76A8 #949ABF #BABED6 #E0E2ED #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BABED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BABED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABED6

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABED6	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.034 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1e2',
    500: '#babed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babed6;
$custom-light: #ced1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 25.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80598,
    "c": 0.03402,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABED6

secondary

#ACA788

accent

#9642A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABED6

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

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