#BAD8EE#BAD8EE

#BAD8EE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.044 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD8EE
RGB	rgb(186, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(205, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.85, -5.24, -14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.85, 15.02, 249.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.0222 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.044 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.2340, 65.7220, 90.3844)
Luminance	0.6572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD8EE #EED0BA

analogous

#BAEEEA #BAD8EE #BABEEE

triadic

#BAD8EE #EEBAD8 #D8EEBA

tetradic

#BAD8EE #EABAEE #EED0BA #BEEEBA

square

#BAD8EE #EABAEE #EED0BA #BEEEBA

split-complementary

#BAD8EE #EEBABE #EEEABA

monochromatic

#58A0D6 #89BCE2 #BAD8EE #E6F1F9 #E6F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BAD8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#BAD8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD8EE

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD8EE	1.00	1.48	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.044 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe4f3',
    500: '#bad8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad8ee;
$custom-light: #cfe4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86732,
    "c": 0.04424,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD8EE

secondary

#CCA080

accent

#661DC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD8EE

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

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