#BAB8CE#BAB8CE

#BAB8CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.031 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8CE
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(245, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(245, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, 4.97, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 11.90, 294.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% 0.0105 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.031 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5285, 49.1761, 65.3158)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8CE #CCCEB8

analogous

#B8C1CE #BAB8CE #C5B8CE

triadic

#BAB8CE #CEBAB8 #B8CEBA

tetradic

#BAB8CE #CEB8C1 #CCCEB8 #B8CEC5

square

#BAB8CE #CEB8C1 #CCCEB8 #B8CEC5

split-complementary

#BAB8CE #CEC5B8 #C1CEB8

monochromatic

#74709C #9794B5 #BAB8CE #DDDCE7 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BAB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BAB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8CE

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8CE	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.031 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecddd',
    500: '#bab8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8ce;
$custom-light: #cecddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79115,
    "c": 0.03093,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8CE

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9D4995

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8CE

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

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