#BAB9CC#BAB9CC

#BAB9CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.027 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9CC
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(243, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(243, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, 4.02, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 10.25, 293.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% 0.0083 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.027 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4956, 49.4964, 64.1139)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9CC #CBCCB9

analogous

#B9C2CC #BAB9CC #C4B9CC

triadic

#BAB9CC #CCBAB9 #B9CCBA

tetradic

#BAB9CC #CCB9C2 #CBCCB9 #B9CCC4

square

#BAB9CC #CCB9C2 #CBCCB9 #B9CCC4

split-complementary

#BAB9CC #CCC4B9 #C2CCB9

monochromatic

#747298 #9796B2 #BAB9CC #DDDCE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BAB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BAB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9CC

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9CC	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.027 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecedb',
    500: '#bab9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9cc;
$custom-light: #cecedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79251,
    "c": 0.02666,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9CC

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#9A4C96

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9CC

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

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