#BAD4E0#BAD4E0

#BAD4E0 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.032 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD4E0
RGB	rgb(186, 212, 224)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(199, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 5.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -6.17, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 10.77, 235.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.022 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.032 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2443, 62.9065, 79.6327)
Luminance	0.6291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD4E0 #E0C6BA

analogous

#BAE0D9 #BAD4E0 #BAC1E0

triadic

#BAD4E0 #E0BAD4 #D4E0BA

tetradic

#BAD4E0 #D9BAE0 #E0C6BA #C1E0BA

square

#BAD4E0 #D9BAE0 #E0C6BA #C1E0BA

split-complementary

#BAD4E0 #E0BAC1 #E0D9BA

monochromatic

#669FBA #90BACD #BAD4E0 #E4EEF3 #EAF2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BAD4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#BAD4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD4E0

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD4E0	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8CEE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 212, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.032 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe1e9',
    500: '#bad4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad4e0;
$custom-light: #cfe1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85443,
    "c": 0.03249,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD4E0

secondary

#B99686

accent

#5C35B1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD4E0

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

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