#BAB9D8#BAB9D8

#BAB9D8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.044 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9D8
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(242, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, 6.50, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 16.71, 292.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% 0.0126 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.044 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9906, 50.0944, 71.9879)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9D8 #D7D8B9

analogous

#B9C7D8 #BAB9D8 #C9B9D8

triadic

#BAB9D8 #D8BAB9 #B9D8BA

tetradic

#BAB9D8 #D8B9C7 #D7D8B9 #B9D8C9

square

#BAB9D8 #D8B9C7 #D7D8B9 #B9D8C9

split-complementary

#BAB9D8 #D8C9B9 #C7D8B9

monochromatic

#6D6AAC #9392C2 #BAB9D8 #E1E0EE #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BAB9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BAB9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9D8

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9D8	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.044 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee4',
    500: '#bab9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9d8;
$custom-light: #cfcee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.935,
    "s": 28.44,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7966,
    "c": 0.04356,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9D8

secondary

#ADAF87

accent

#A73EA4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9D8

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

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