#BAD8FF#BAD8FF

#BAD8FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.063 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD8FF
RGB	rgb(186, 216, 255)
HSL	hsl(214, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(214, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -1.41, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 22.31, 266.38°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.0162 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.063 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.8504, 66.7686, 104.1645)
Luminance	0.6677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD8FF #FFE1BA

analogous

#BAFBFF #BAD8FF #BFBAFF

triadic

#BAD8FF #FFBAD8 #D8FFBA

tetradic

#BAD8FF #FFBAFB #FFE1BA #BAFFBF

square

#BAD8FF #FFBAFB #FFE1BA #BAFFBF

split-complementary

#BAD8FF #FFBFBA #FBFFBA

monochromatic

#4093FF #7DB5FF #BAD8FF #E0EEFF #E0EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BAD8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#BAD8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD8FF

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD8FF	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3D2FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7E0E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 216, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.063 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4ff',
    500: '#bad8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad8ff;
$custom-light: #d0e4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87327,
    "c": 0.06309,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD8FF

secondary

#E7B676

accent

#8200E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFF

border

#D4D5D7

text

#141518

muted

#838486

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD8FF

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

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