#BAB8CA#BAB8CA

#BAB8CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.025 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8CA
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(247, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(247, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 4.16, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 9.75, 295.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% 0.009 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.025 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0488, 48.9842, 62.7892)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8CA #C8CAB8

analogous

#B8BFCA #BAB8CA #C3B8CA

triadic

#BAB8CA #CABAB8 #B8CABA

tetradic

#BAB8CA #CAB8BF #C8CAB8 #B8CAC3

square

#BAB8CA #CAB8BF #C8CAB8 #B8CAC3

split-complementary

#BAB8CA #CAC3B8 #BFCAB8

monochromatic

#767296 #9895B0 #BAB8CA #DCDBE4 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BAB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BAB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8CA

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8CA	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.025 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdda',
    500: '#bab8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8ca;
$custom-light: #cecdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 14.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78982,
    "c": 0.02532,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8CA

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#994D90

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8CA

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

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