#BABEEF#BABEEF

#BABEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.069 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEEF
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 239)
HSL	hsl(235, 62%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(235, 22%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, 8.83, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 26.25, 289.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% 0.0133 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.069 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.2393, 53.4970, 89.1129)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEEF #EFEBBA

analogous

#BAD8EF #BABEEF #D0BAEF

triadic

#BABEEF #EFBABE #BEEFBA

tetradic

#BABEEF #EFBAD8 #EFEBBA #BAEFD0

square

#BABEEF #EFBAD8 #EFEBBA #BAEFD0

split-complementary

#BABEEF #EFD0BA #D8EFBA

monochromatic

#5760D8 #888FE3 #BABEEF #E6E8F9 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BABEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BABEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEEF

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEEF	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.069 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1f4',
    500: '#babeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babeef;
$custom-light: #cfd1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.472,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81503,
    "c": 0.06902,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEEF

secondary

#CDC780

accent

#BD1BCA

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEEF

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

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