#BAB8D0#BAB8D0

#BAB8D0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.034 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8D0
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 208)
HSL	hsl(245, 20%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(245, 12%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, 5.38, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 12.98, 294.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% 0.0112 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.034 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7730, 49.2739, 66.6036)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8D0 #CED0B8

analogous

#B8C2D0 #BAB8D0 #C6B8D0

triadic

#BAB8D0 #D0BAB8 #B8D0BA

tetradic

#BAB8D0 #D0B8C2 #CED0B8 #B8D0C6

square

#BAB8D0 #D0B8C2 #CED0B8 #B8D0C6

split-complementary

#BAB8D0 #D0C6B8 #C2D0B8

monochromatic

#726E9F #9693B8 #BAB8D0 #DEDDE8 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BAB8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BAB8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8D0

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8D0	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BBD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.034 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdde',
    500: '#bab8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8d0;
$custom-light: #cecdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 20.339,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79183,
    "c": 0.03374,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8D0

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9F4797

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8D0

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

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