#BAB4E2#BAB4E2

#BAB4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.065 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4E2
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(248, 44%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(248, 20%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, 11.38, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 24.99, 297.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% 0.0231 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.065 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2954, 48.5721, 78.6623)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4E2 #DCE2B4

analogous

#B4C5E2 #BAB4E2 #D1B4E2

triadic

#BAB4E2 #E2BAB4 #B4E2BA

tetradic

#BAB4E2 #E2B4C5 #DCE2B4 #B4E2D1

square

#BAB4E2 #E2B4C5 #DCE2B4 #B4E2D1

split-complementary

#BAB4E2 #E2D1B4 #C5E2B4

monochromatic

#695CC0 #9188D1 #BAB4E2 #E3E0F3 #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BAB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BAB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4E2

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4E2	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.065 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcaeb',
    500: '#bab4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4e2;
$custom-light: #cfcaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.826,
    "s": 44.231,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79035,
    "c": 0.06496,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4E2

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B72EA5

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4E2

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

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