#BAB9E9#BAB9E9

#BAB9E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.067 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9E9
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 233)
HSL	hsl(241, 52%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(241, 21%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 10.20, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 25.84, 293.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% 0.0183 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.067 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3032, 51.0194, 84.1671)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9E9 #E8E9B9

analogous

#B9D0E9 #BAB9E9 #D2B9E9

triadic

#BAB9E9 #E9BAB9 #B9E9BA

tetradic

#BAB9E9 #E9B9D0 #E8E9B9 #B9E9D2

square

#BAB9E9 #E9B9D0 #E8E9B9 #B9E9D2

split-complementary

#BAB9E9 #E9D2B9 #D0E9B9

monochromatic

#5E5CCC #8C8ADA #BAB9E9 #E8E8F8 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BAB9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BAB9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9E9

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9E9	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.067 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcef0',
    500: '#bab9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9e9;
$custom-light: #cfcef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.25,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80286,
    "c": 0.06747,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9E9

secondary

#C3C582

accent

#C026BC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9E9

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

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