#BAB9F5#BAB9F5

#BAB9F5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.084 H 285.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9F5
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 245)
HSL	hsl(241, 75%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(241, 24%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 24.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, 12.94, -29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 32.26, 293.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% 0.022 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.084 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.0760, 51.7286, 93.5041)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9F5 #F4F5B9

analogous

#B9D6F5 #BAB9F5 #D8B9F5

triadic

#BAB9F5 #F5BAB9 #B9F5BA

tetradic

#BAB9F5 #F5B9D6 #F4F5B9 #B9F5D8

square

#BAB9F5 #F5B9D6 #F4F5B9 #B9F5D8

split-complementary

#BAB9F5 #F5D8B9 #D6F5B9

monochromatic

#504EE6 #8583ED #BAB9F5 #E5E4FB #E5E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BAB9F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BAB9F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9F5

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9F5	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C0F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BDF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.084 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcef8',
    500: '#bab9f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9f5;
$custom-light: #cfcef8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80759,
    "c": 0.08426,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9F5

secondary

#D5D67C

accent

#D70ED4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9F5

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

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