#BAB5E8#BAB5E8

#BAB5E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.072 H 289.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB5E8
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 232)
HSL	hsl(246, 53%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(246, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 22%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, 12.17, -24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 27.62, 296.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% 0.0236 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.072 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3357, 49.3124, 83.1419)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB5E8 #E3E8B5

analogous

#B5C9E8 #BAB5E8 #D3B5E8

triadic

#BAB5E8 #E8BAB5 #B5E8BA

tetradic

#BAB5E8 #E8B5C9 #E3E8B5 #B5E8D3

square

#BAB5E8 #E8B5C9 #E3E8B5 #B5E8D3

split-complementary

#BAB5E8 #E8D3B5 #C9E8B5

monochromatic

#6358CB #8E86D9 #BAB5E8 #E6E4F7 #E9E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BAB5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BAB5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB5E8

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB5E8	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.072 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbef',
    500: '#bab5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab5e8;
$custom-light: #cfcbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.882,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79462,
    "c": 0.07185,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB5E8

secondary

#EDEFDC

accent

#C026B1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB5E8

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

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