#BAB9CD#BAB9CD

#BAB9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.028 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9CD
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(243, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(243, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, 4.23, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 10.79, 293.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.0087 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.028 288)
XYZ	xyz(48.6159, 49.5445, 64.7476)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9CD #CCCDB9

analogous

#B9C2CD #BAB9CD #C4B9CD

triadic

#BAB9CD #CDBAB9 #B9CDBA

tetradic

#BAB9CD #CDB9C2 #CCCDB9 #B9CDC4

square

#BAB9CD #CDB9C2 #CCCDB9 #B9CDC4

split-complementary

#BAB9CD #CDC4B9 #C2CDB9

monochromatic

#74729A #9795B4 #BAB9CD #DDDDE7 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BAB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BAB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9CD

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9CD	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.028 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecedc',
    500: '#bab9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9cd;
$custom-light: #cecedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79284,
    "c": 0.02807,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.49545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9CD

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#9B4B97

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9CD

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

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