#BAB9ED#BAB9ED

#BAB9ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.073 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9ED
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 237)
HSL	hsl(241, 59%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(241, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 21.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, 11.10, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 27.98, 293.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.0196 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.073 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8810, 51.2506, 87.2106)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9ED #ECEDB9

analogous

#B9D2ED #BAB9ED #D4B9ED

triadic

#BAB9ED #EDBAB9 #B9EDBA

tetradic

#BAB9ED #EDB9D2 #ECEDB9 #B9EDD4

square

#BAB9ED #EDB9D2 #ECEDB9 #B9EDD4

split-complementary

#BAB9ED #EDD4B9 #D2EDB9

monochromatic

#5A58D4 #8A88E0 #BAB9ED #E7E7F9 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BAB9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BAB9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9ED

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9ED	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.073 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcef3',
    500: '#bab9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9ed;
$custom-light: #cfcef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.154,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80441,
    "c": 0.07307,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9ED

secondary

#C9CA80

accent

#C71FC3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9ED

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

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