#BAD4E5#BAD4E5

#BAD4E5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.037 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD4E5
RGB	rgb(186, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(204, 19%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -5.11, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 12.37, 245.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0202 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.037 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9323, 63.1817, 83.2566)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD4E5 #E5CBBA

analogous

#BAE5E1 #BAD4E5 #BABFE5

triadic

#BAD4E5 #E5BAD4 #D4E5BA

tetradic

#BAD4E5 #E1BAE5 #E5CBBA #BFE5BA

square

#BAD4E5 #E1BAE5 #E5CBBA #BFE5BA

split-complementary

#BAD4E5 #E5BABF #E5E1BA

monochromatic

#619DC4 #8EB8D4 #BAD4E5 #E6F0F6 #E9F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BAD4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#BAD4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD4E5

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD4E5	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7CEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.037 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe1ed',
    500: '#bad4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad4e5;
$custom-light: #cfe1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.721,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85606,
    "c": 0.03659,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD4E5

secondary

#BF9B84

accent

#642DB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD4E5

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

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