#BAD4E2#BAD4E2

#BAD4E2 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.034 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD4E2
RGB	rgb(186, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 41%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(201, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -5.75, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 11.37, 239.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.0213 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.034 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.5171, 63.0156, 81.0696)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD4E2 #E2C8BA

analogous

#BAE2DC #BAD4E2 #BAC0E2

triadic

#BAD4E2 #E2BAD4 #D4E2BA

tetradic

#BAD4E2 #DCBAE2 #E2C8BA #C0E2BA

square

#BAD4E2 #DCBAE2 #E2C8BA #C0E2BA

split-complementary

#BAD4E2 #E2BAC0 #E2DCBA

monochromatic

#649EBE #8FB9D0 #BAD4E2 #E5EFF4 #E9F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BAD4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#BAD4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD4E2

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD4E2	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7CEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.034 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe1eb',
    500: '#bad4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad4e2;
$custom-light: #cfe1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 40.816,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85508,
    "c": 0.03402,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD4E2

secondary

#BB9885

accent

#5F32B4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD4E2

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

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