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#bab5da

a light, soft blue · warm · closest name: lavender

RGB
186, 181, 218
HSL
248°, 33%, 78%
CMYK
15, 17, 0, 15
Luminance
0.4855

Every format

HEX#bab5da
RGBrgb(186, 181, 218)
HSLhsl(248, 33%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 17%, 0%, 15%)
LABlab(75.2 9.1 -17.9)
LCHlch(75.2 20.1 296.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.789 0.052 291.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bab5da;
background-color: #bab5da;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bab5da] bg-[#bab5da]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bab5da;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.729, green: 0.710, blue: 0.855)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bab5da")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bab5da on white: 1.96:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bab5da on black: 10.71:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red72.9%
Green71.0%
Blue85.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.7%
Magenta17.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)14.5%

Color previews

#bab5da text on a black background

contrast 10.71:1

Card sample

#bab5da text on a white background

contrast 1.96:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bab5da;
Background color
Panel with #bab5da background
background-color: #bab5da;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bab5da;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(186, 181, 218, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(186, 181, 218, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bab5da;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bab5da, #D3B5DA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bab5da

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bab5da in the Color Lab