Color

#babdf8

#babdf8
hex#babdf8
rgbrgb(186, 189, 248)
hslhsl(237, 82%, 85%)
oklchoklch(0.817 0.083 282.1)
Closest name: Purple Illusion (#b8b8f8)Relative luminance 0.5361

Colors that go with #babdf8

Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Dark Khaki lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#f8f5b9

#b9dcf8 · #d6b9f8

#f8b9bd · #bdf8b9

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#f8d6b9 · #dcf8b9

#f8b9dc · #f8f5b9 · #b9f8d6

Contrast

#babdf8 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.79:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5d64ef as the text (4.63:1)
  • AAA: use #333ceb as the text (7.03:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4f4f4f (4.57:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #333333 (7.05:1)
Aaon black
11.72:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #babdf8 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#babdf8 reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #babdf8
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #babdf8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/babdf8-9f9cc4-df924e-251f2d-e9edf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md