#BABEDD#BABEDD

#BABEDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.044 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEDD
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(233, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(233, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, 4.86, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 16.65, 286.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% 0.0073 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.044 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7113, 52.4858, 75.7990)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEDD #DDD9BA

analogous

#BAD0DD #BABEDD #C8BADD

triadic

#BABEDD #DDBABE #BEDDBA

tetradic

#BABEDD #DDBAD0 #DDD9BA #BADDC8

square

#BABEDD #DDBAD0 #DDD9BA #BADDC8

split-complementary

#BABEDD #DDC8BA #D0DDBA

monochromatic

#6871B5 #9197C9 #BABEDD #E3E5F1 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BABEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BABEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEDD

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEDD	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.044 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1e7',
    500: '#babedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babedd;
$custom-light: #cfd1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.143,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8084,
    "c": 0.04381,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEDD

secondary

#B5AF86

accent

#A039AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEDD

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

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