#BAD4E4#BAD4E4

#BAD4E4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.036 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD4E4
RGB	rgb(186, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(203, 44%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(203, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -5.32, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 12.02, 243.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0205 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.036 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.7931, 63.1260, 82.5233)
Luminance	0.6313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD4E4 #E4CABA

analogous

#BAE4DF #BAD4E4 #BABFE4

triadic

#BAD4E4 #E4BAD4 #D4E4BA

tetradic

#BAD4E4 #DFBAE4 #E4CABA #BFE4BA

square

#BAD4E4 #DFBAE4 #E4CABA #BFE4BA

split-complementary

#BAD4E4 #E4BABF #E4DFBA

monochromatic

#629DC2 #8EB9D3 #BAD4E4 #E6EFF5 #E9F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BAD4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#BAD4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD4E4

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD4E4	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7CEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.036 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe1ec',
    500: '#bad4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad4e4;
$custom-light: #cfe1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85573,
    "c": 0.0357,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD4E4

secondary

#BE9A84

accent

#632FB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD4E4

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

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