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#bab8cb

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

RGB
186, 184, 203
HSL
246°, 15%, 76%
CMYK
8, 9, 0, 20
Luminance
0.4903

Every format

HEX#bab8cb
RGBrgb(186, 184, 203)
HSLhsl(246, 15%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(8%, 9%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(75.5 4.4 -9.3)
LCHlch(75.5 10.3 295.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.790 0.027 290.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bab8cb;
background-color: #bab8cb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bab8cb] bg-[#bab8cb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bab8cb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.729, green: 0.722, blue: 0.796)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bab8cb")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bab8cb on white: 1.94:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bab8cb on black: 10.81:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red72.9%
Green72.2%
Blue79.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan8.4%
Magenta9.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)20.4%

Color previews

#bab8cb text on a black background

contrast 10.81:1

Card sample

#bab8cb text on a white background

contrast 1.94:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bab8cb;
Background color
Panel with #bab8cb background
background-color: #bab8cb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bab8cb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(186, 184, 203, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(186, 184, 203, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bab8cb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bab8cb, #C7B8CB);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bab8cb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bab8cb in the Color Lab