#BAD4E8#BAD4E8

#BAD4E8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.039 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD4E8
RGB	rgb(186, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(206, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.63, -4.46, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.63, 13.49, 250.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.0191 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.039 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.3548, 63.3507, 85.4816)
Luminance	0.6335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD4E8 #E8CEBA

analogous

#BAE8E5 #BAD4E8 #BABDE8

triadic

#BAD4E8 #E8BAD4 #D4E8BA

tetradic

#BAD4E8 #E5BAE8 #E8CEBA #BDE8BA

square

#BAD4E8 #E5BAE8 #E8CEBA #BDE8BA

split-complementary

#BAD4E8 #E8BABD #E8E5BA

monochromatic

#5E9BC9 #8CB7D9 #BAD4E8 #E8F1F7 #E8F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BAD4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#BAD4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD4E8

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD4E8	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.039 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe1ef',
    500: '#bad4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad4e8;
$custom-light: #cfe1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85705,
    "c": 0.03945,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD4E8

secondary

#C39F83

accent

#6928BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD4E8

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

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