#BAB4E4#BAB4E4

#BAB4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.068 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4E4
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(248, 47%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(248, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, 11.83, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 26.06, 296.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% 0.0237 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.068 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5714, 48.6825, 80.1161)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4E4 #DEE4B4

analogous

#B4C6E4 #BAB4E4 #D2B4E4

triadic

#BAB4E4 #E4BAB4 #B4E4BA

tetradic

#BAB4E4 #E4B4C6 #DEE4B4 #B4E4D2

square

#BAB4E4 #E4B4C6 #DEE4B4 #B4E4D2

split-complementary

#BAB4E4 #E4D2B4 #C6E4B4

monochromatic

#675AC4 #9187D4 #BAB4E4 #E3E1F4 #EAE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BAB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BAB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4E4

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4E4	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.068 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcaec',
    500: '#bab4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4e4;
$custom-light: #cfcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79112,
    "c": 0.06776,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4E4

secondary

#ECEEDD

accent

#BA2BA8

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4E4

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

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