#BAB8D4#BAB8D4

#BAB8D4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.039 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8D4
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(244, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(244, 13%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, 6.21, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 15.13, 294.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% 0.0127 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.039 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2714, 49.4732, 69.2281)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8D4 #D2D4B8

analogous

#B8C4D4 #BAB8D4 #C8B8D4

triadic

#BAB8D4 #D4BAB8 #B8D4BA

tetradic

#BAB8D4 #D4B8C4 #D2D4B8 #B8D4C8

square

#BAB8D4 #D4B8C4 #D2D4B8 #B8D4C8

split-complementary

#BAB8D4 #D4C8B8 #C4D4B8

monochromatic

#706CA6 #9592BD #BAB8D4 #DFDEEB #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BAB8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BAB8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8D4

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8D4	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BBD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BAD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.039 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecde1',
    500: '#bab8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8d4;
$custom-light: #cecde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7932,
    "c": 0.03937,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8D4

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A3429C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8D4

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

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