#BAD8EB#BAD8EB

#BAD8EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.041 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD8EB
RGB	rgb(186, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(203, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.76, -5.90, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.76, 13.93, 244.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.0233 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.041 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7969, 65.5472, 88.0825)
Luminance	0.6555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD8EB #EBCDBA

analogous

#BAEBE5 #BAD8EB #BAC0EB

triadic

#BAD8EB #EBBAD8 #D8EBBA

tetradic

#BAD8EB #E5BAEB #EBCDBA #C0EBBA

square

#BAD8EB #E5BAEB #EBCDBA #C0EBBA

split-complementary

#BAD8EB #EBBAC0 #EBE5BA

monochromatic

#5BA2CF #8BBDDD #BAD8EB #E7F2F8 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BAD8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#BAD8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD8EB

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD8EB	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDDDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.041 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe4f1',
    500: '#bad8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad8eb;
$custom-light: #cfe4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.265,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86632,
    "c": 0.04144,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD8EB

secondary

#C79D82

accent

#6123C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD8EB

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

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