#BABED8#BABED8

#BABED8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.037 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABED8
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(232, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(232, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, 3.80, -13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 13.99, 285.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% 0.0055 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.037 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0551, 52.2233, 72.3427)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABED8 #D8D4BA

analogous

#BACDD8 #BABED8 #C5BAD8

triadic

#BABED8 #D8BABE #BED8BA

tetradic

#BABED8 #D8BACD #D8D4BA #BAD8C5

square

#BABED8 #D8BACD #D8D4BA #BAD8C5

split-complementary

#BABED8 #D8C5BA #CDD8BA

monochromatic

#6C74AC #9399C2 #BABED8 #E1E3EE #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BABED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BABED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABED8

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABED8	1.00	1.83	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.037 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1e4',
    500: '#babed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babed8;
$custom-light: #cfd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80666,
    "c": 0.0368,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABED8

secondary

#AFA988

accent

#993FA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABED8

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

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