#BAB9DA#BAB9DA

#BAB9DA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.046 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9DA
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(242, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, 6.93, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 17.79, 292.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% 0.0133 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.046 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2508, 50.1985, 73.3579)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9DA #D9DAB9

analogous

#B9C9DA #BAB9DA #CBB9DA

triadic

#BAB9DA #DABAB9 #B9DABA

tetradic

#BAB9DA #DAB9C9 #D9DAB9 #B9DACB

square

#BAB9DA #DAB9C9 #D9DAB9 #B9DACB

split-complementary

#BAB9DA #DACBB9 #C9DAB9

monochromatic

#6B69B0 #9391C5 #BAB9DA #E1E1EF #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BAB9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BAB9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9DA

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9DA	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.046 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee5',
    500: '#bab9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9da;
$custom-light: #cfcee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.818,
    "s": 30.841,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79731,
    "c": 0.04637,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9DA

secondary

#B0B186

accent

#AA3CA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9DA

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

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