#BAD9CD#BAD9CD

#BAD9CD is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.037 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAD9CD
RGB	rgb(186, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(157, 29%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(157, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -12.58, 2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 12.82, 168.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0362 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.037 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.0793, 64.4713, 67.2354)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAD9CD #D9BAC6

analogous

#BAD9BE #BAD9CD #BAD6D9

triadic

#BAD9CD #CDBAD9 #D9CDBA

tetradic

#BAD9CD #BEBAD9 #D9BAC6 #D6D9BA

square

#BAD9CD #BEBAD9 #D9BAC6 #D6D9BA

split-complementary

#BAD9CD #D9BAD6 #D9BEBA

monochromatic

#6BAE94 #93C3B0 #BAD9CD #E1EFEA #EBF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BAD9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#BAD9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAD9CD

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAD9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAD9CD	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bad9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.037 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe4dc',
    500: '#bad9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bad9cd;
$custom-light: #cfe4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bad9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.774,
    "s": 28.972,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85922,
    "c": 0.0368,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAD9CD

secondary

#B08797

accent

#3E67A8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAD9CD

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

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