#BAB8CD#BAB8CD

#BAB8CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.030 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8CD
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(246, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(246, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, 4.77, -10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 11.36, 294.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% 0.0101 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.03 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4074, 49.1276, 64.6781)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8CD #CBCDB8

analogous

#B8C1CD #BAB8CD #C5B8CD

triadic

#BAB8CD #CDBAB8 #B8CDBA

tetradic

#BAB8CD #CDB8C1 #CBCDB8 #B8CDC5

square

#BAB8CD #CDB8C1 #CBCDB8 #B8CDC5

split-complementary

#BAB8CD #CDC5B8 #C1CDB8

monochromatic

#74709A #9794B4 #BAB8CD #DDDCE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BAB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BAB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8CD

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8CD	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.030 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecddc',
    500: '#bab8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8cd;
$custom-light: #cecddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 17.355,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79082,
    "c": 0.02953,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8CD

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9C4A94

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8CD

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

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