#BABEF8#BABEF8

#BABEF8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.082 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEF8
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 248)
HSL	hsl(236, 82%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(236, 25%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 23.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, 10.90, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 31.04, 290.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% 0.0161 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.082 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6021, 54.0421, 96.2904)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEF8 #F8F4BA

analogous

#BADDF8 #BABEF8 #D5BAF8

triadic

#BABEF8 #F8BABE #BEF8BA

tetradic

#BABEF8 #F8BADD #F8F4BA #BAF8D5

square

#BABEF8 #F8BADD #F8F4BA #BAF8D5

split-complementary

#BABEF8 #F8D5BA #DDF8BA

monochromatic

#4B55ED #828AF2 #BABEF8 #E3E5FC #E3E5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BABEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#BABEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEF8

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEF8	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC4FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC0F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.082 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1fa',
    500: '#babef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babef8;
$custom-light: #cfd1fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.129,
    "s": 81.579,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81856,
    "c": 0.08158,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEF8

secondary

#DBD57B

accent

#D008DE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEF8

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

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