#BAD8CE#BAD8CE

#BAD8CE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.035 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD8CE
RGB	rgb(186, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(160, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(160, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.97, -11.87, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.97, 11.98, 172.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0345 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.035 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9434, 64.0058, 67.7875)
Luminance	0.6401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD8CE #D8BAC4

analogous

#BAD8BF #BAD8CE #BAD3D8

triadic

#BAD8CE #CEBAD8 #D8CEBA

tetradic

#BAD8CE #BFBAD8 #D8BAC4 #D3D8BA

square

#BAD8CE #BFBAD8 #D8BAC4 #D3D8BA

split-complementary

#BAD8CE #D8BAD3 #D8BFBA

monochromatic

#6CAC96 #93C2B2 #BAD8CE #E1EEEA #EBF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BAD8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#BAD8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD8CE

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD8CE	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.035 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe4dc',
    500: '#bad8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad8ce;
$custom-light: #cfe4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85738,
    "c": 0.03472,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD8CE

secondary

#AF8895

accent

#3F62A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD8CE

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

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