#BAB8D6#BAB8D6

#BAB8D6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.042 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8D6
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 214)
HSL	hsl(244, 27%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(244, 14%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 14%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, 6.62, -14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 16.20, 294.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% 0.0134 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.042 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5252, 49.5747, 70.5650)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8D6 #D4D6B8

analogous

#B8C5D6 #BAB8D6 #C9B8D6

triadic

#BAB8D6 #D6BAB8 #B8D6BA

tetradic

#BAB8D6 #D6B8C5 #D4D6B8 #B8D6C9

square

#BAB8D6 #D6B8C5 #D4D6B8 #B8D6C9

split-complementary

#BAB8D6 #D6C9B8 #C5D6B8

monochromatic

#6F6AA9 #9491C0 #BAB8D6 #E0DFEC #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BAB8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BAB8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8D6

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8D6	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.042 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcde2',
    500: '#bab8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8d6;
$custom-light: #cfcde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 26.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7939,
    "c": 0.04218,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8D6

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A5409F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8D6

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

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