#BAB9EA#BAB9EA

#BAB9EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.069 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9EA
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(241, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(241, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 10.43, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 26.38, 293.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% 0.0186 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.069 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4464, 51.0767, 84.9216)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9EA #E9EAB9

analogous

#B9D1EA #BAB9EA #D2B9EA

triadic

#BAB9EA #EABAB9 #B9EABA

tetradic

#BAB9EA #EAB9D1 #E9EAB9 #B9EAD2

square

#BAB9EA #EAB9D1 #E9EAB9 #B9EAD2

split-complementary

#BAB9EA #EAD2B9 #D1EAB9

monochromatic

#5D5BCE #8C8ADC #BAB9EA #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BAB9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BAB9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9EA

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9EA	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.069 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcef0',
    500: '#bab9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9ea;
$custom-light: #cfcef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.224,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80324,
    "c": 0.06887,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9EA

secondary

#C5C681

accent

#C124BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9EA

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

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