#BAB6D4#BAB6D4

#BAB6D4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.042 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB6D4
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 212)
HSL	hsl(248, 26%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(248, 14%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 7.29, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 16.29, 296.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% 0.0155 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.042 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8589, 48.6482, 69.0906)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB6D4 #D0D4B6

analogous

#B6C1D4 #BAB6D4 #C9B6D4

triadic

#BAB6D4 #D4BAB6 #B6D4BA

tetradic

#BAB6D4 #D4B6C1 #D0D4B6 #B6D4C9

square

#BAB6D4 #D4B6C1 #D0D4B6 #B6D4C9

split-complementary

#BAB6D4 #D4C9B6 #C1D4B6

monochromatic

#7169A7 #968FBD #BAB6D4 #DEDDEB #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BAB6D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BAB6D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB6D4

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB6D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB6D4	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B9D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.042 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbe1',
    500: '#bab6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab6d4;
$custom-light: #cfcbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248,
    "s": 25.862,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7892,
    "c": 0.04234,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB6D4

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A44197

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB6D4

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

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