#BAD8EA#BAD8EA

#BAD8EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.041 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD8EA
RGB	rgb(186, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(203, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.74, -6.12, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.74, 13.59, 243.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0237 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.041 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6528, 65.4896, 87.3237)
Luminance	0.6549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD8EA #EACCBA

analogous

#BAEAE4 #BAD8EA #BAC0EA

triadic

#BAD8EA #EABAD8 #D8EABA

tetradic

#BAD8EA #E4BAEA #EACCBA #C0EABA

square

#BAD8EA #E4BAEA #EACCBA #C0EABA

split-complementary

#BAD8EA #EABAC0 #EAE4BA

monochromatic

#5CA3CD #8BBDDC #BAD8EA #E8F2F8 #E8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BAD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#BAD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD8EA

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD8EA	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDDDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.041 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe4f0',
    500: '#bad8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad8ea;
$custom-light: #cfe4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86599,
    "c": 0.04056,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD8EA

secondary

#C69C82

accent

#5F25C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD8EA

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

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