#BAB4E7#BAB4E7

#BAB4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.072 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4E7
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(247, 52%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(247, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, 12.49, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 27.67, 296.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% 0.0247 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.072 290)
XYZ	xyz(50.9914, 48.8505, 82.3284)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4E7 #E1E7B4

analogous

#B4C7E7 #BAB4E7 #D3B4E7

triadic

#BAB4E7 #E7BAB4 #B4E7BA

tetradic

#BAB4E7 #E7B4C7 #E1E7B4 #B4E7D3

square

#BAB4E7 #E7B4C7 #E1E7B4 #B4E7D3

split-complementary

#BAB4E7 #E7D3B4 #C7E7B4

monochromatic

#6557C9 #8F86D8 #BAB4E7 #E5E2F6 #EAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BAB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BAB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4E7

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4E7	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.072 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcaee',
    500: '#bab4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4e7;
$custom-light: #cfcaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.059,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79228,
    "c": 0.07195,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.48851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4E7

secondary

#EDEFDC

accent

#BF27AD

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4E7

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

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