#BAD5EB#BAD5EB

#BAD5EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.042 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD5EB
RGB	rgb(186, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(207, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -4.33, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 14.46, 252.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0193 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.042 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.0353, 64.0241, 87.8286)
Luminance	0.6403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD5EB #EBD0BA

analogous

#BAEBE9 #BAD5EB #BABCEB

triadic

#BAD5EB #EBBAD5 #D5EBBA

tetradic

#BAD5EB #E9BAEB #EBD0BA #BCEBBA

square

#BAD5EB #E9BAEB #EBD0BA #BCEBBA

split-complementary

#BAD5EB #EBBABC #EBE9BA

monochromatic

#5B9BCF #8BB8DD #BAD5EB #E7F1F8 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BAD5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#BAD5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD5EB

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD5EB	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.042 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe1f1',
    500: '#bad5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad5eb;
$custom-light: #cfe1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.939,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86012,
    "c": 0.04216,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD5EB

secondary

#C7A182

accent

#6B23C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD5EB

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

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