#BAD4E9#BAD4E9

#BAD4E9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.040 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD4E9
RGB	rgb(186, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 52%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(207, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -4.25, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 13.88, 252.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0187 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.04 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.4973, 63.4077, 86.2318)
Luminance	0.6341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD4E9 #E9CFBA

analogous

#BAE9E7 #BAD4E9 #BABDE9

triadic

#BAD4E9 #E9BAD4 #D4E9BA

tetradic

#BAD4E9 #E7BAE9 #E9CFBA #BDE9BA

square

#BAD4E9 #E7BAE9 #E9CFBA #BDE9BA

split-complementary

#BAD4E9 #E9BABD #E9E7BA

monochromatic

#5D9ACB #8CB7DA #BAD4E9 #E8F1F8 #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BAD4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#BAD4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD4E9

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD4E9	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD9DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.040 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe1f0',
    500: '#bad4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad4e9;
$custom-light: #cfe1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.809,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85738,
    "c": 0.04046,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD4E9

secondary

#C5A083

accent

#6B26BF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD4E9

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

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