#BAB9CA#BAB9CA

#BAB9CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.024 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9CA
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(244, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(244, 8%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, 3.62, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 9.17, 293.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% 0.0076 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.024 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2573, 49.4011, 62.8587)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9CA #C9CAB9

analogous

#B9C0CA #BAB9CA #C2B9CA

triadic

#BAB9CA #CABAB9 #B9CABA

tetradic

#BAB9CA #CAB9C0 #C9CAB9 #B9CAC2

square

#BAB9CA #CAB9C0 #C9CAB9 #B9CAC2

split-complementary

#BAB9CA #CAC2B9 #C0CAB9

monochromatic

#757395 #9896B0 #BAB9CA #DCDCE4 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BAB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BAB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9CA

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9CA	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.024 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceceda',
    500: '#bab9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9ca;
$custom-light: #ceceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 13.821,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79185,
    "c": 0.02385,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9CA

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#984E94

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9CA

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

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