#BAB8EA#BAB8EA

#BAB8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.070 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8EA
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(242, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(242, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, 10.97, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 26.95, 294.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% 0.02 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.07 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2380, 50.6598, 84.8521)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8EA #E8EAB8

analogous

#B8CFEA #BAB8EA #D3B8EA

triadic

#BAB8EA #EABAB8 #B8EABA

tetradic

#BAB8EA #EAB8CF #E8EAB8 #B8EAD3

square

#BAB8EA #EAB8CF #E8EAB8 #B8EAD3

split-complementary

#BAB8EA #EAD3B8 #CFEAB8

monochromatic

#5E5ACE #8C89DC #BAB8EA #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BAB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BAB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8EA

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8EA	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBBE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.070 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdf0',
    500: '#bab8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8ea;
$custom-light: #cfcdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80128,
    "c": 0.0703,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8EA

secondary

#C3C680

accent

#C224BC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8EA

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

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