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#bab8cd

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

RGB
186, 184, 205
HSL
246°, 17%, 76%
CMYK
9, 10, 0, 20
Luminance
0.4913

Every format

HEX#bab8cd
RGBrgb(186, 184, 205)
HSLhsl(246, 17%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 10%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(75.5 4.8 -10.3)
LCHlch(75.5 11.4 294.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.791 0.029 290.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bab8cd;
background-color: #bab8cd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bab8cd] bg-[#bab8cd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bab8cd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.729, green: 0.722, blue: 0.804)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bab8cd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bab8cd on white: 1.94:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bab8cd on black: 10.83:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red72.9%
Green72.2%
Blue80.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.3%
Magenta10.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.6%

Color previews

#bab8cd text on a black background

contrast 10.83:1

Card sample

#bab8cd text on a white background

contrast 1.94:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bab8cd;
Background color
Panel with #bab8cd background
background-color: #bab8cd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bab8cd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(186, 184, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(186, 184, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bab8cd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bab8cd, #C8B8CD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bab8cd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bab8cd in the Color Lab