#BAB9FF#BAB9FF

#BAB9FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.098 H 284.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9FF
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 255)
HSL	hsl(241, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(241, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 27.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, 15.29, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 37.60, 294.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% 0.0248 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.098 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.6440, 52.3558, 101.7623)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9FF #FEFFB9

analogous

#B9DBFF #BAB9FF #DDB9FF

triadic

#BAB9FF #FFBAB9 #B9FFBA

tetradic

#BAB9FF #FFB9DB #FEFFB9 #B9FFDD

square

#BAB9FF #FFB9DB #FEFFB9 #B9FFDD

split-complementary

#BAB9FF #FFDDB9 #DBFFB9

monochromatic

#413FFF #7E7CFF #BAB9FF #E1E0FF #E1E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BAB9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BAB9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9FF

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9FF	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6C2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BDFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAC5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.098 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceff',
    500: '#bab9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9ff;
$custom-light: #d0ceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.857,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81173,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9FF

secondary

#E5E775

accent

#E600E2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141318

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9FF

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

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