#BAB7CB#BAB7CB

#BAB7CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.028 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB7CB
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 203)
HSL	hsl(249, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, 4.90, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 10.87, 296.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% 0.0109 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.028 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9606, 48.6177, 63.3458)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB7CB #C8CBB7

analogous

#B7BECB #BAB7CB #C4B7CB

triadic

#BAB7CB #CBBAB7 #B7CBBA

tetradic

#BAB7CB #CBB7BE #C8CBB7 #B7CBC4

square

#BAB7CB #CBB7BE #C8CBB7 #B7CBC4

split-complementary

#BAB7CB #CBC4B7 #BECBB7

monochromatic

#767098 #9893B1 #BAB7CB #DCDBE5 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BAB7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BAB7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB7CB

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB7CB	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.028 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceccda',
    500: '#bab7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab7cb;
$custom-light: #ceccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78813,
    "c": 0.02822,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB7CB

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#9A4B8E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB7CB

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

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