#BADAEB#BADAEB

#BADAEB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.041 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BADAEB
RGB	rgb(186, 218, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(201, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.29, -6.94, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.29, 13.72, 239.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.026 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.041 231)
XYZ	xyz(60.3124, 66.5782, 88.2543)
Luminance	0.6658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BADAEB #EBCBBA

analogous

#BAEBE3 #BADAEB #BAC2EB

triadic

#BADAEB #EBBADA #DAEBBA

tetradic

#BADAEB #E3BAEB #EBCBBA #C2EBBA

square

#BADAEB #E3BAEB #EBCBBA #C2EBBA

split-complementary

#BADAEB #EBBAC2 #EBE3BA

monochromatic

#5BA7CF #8BC1DD #BADAEB #E7F2F8 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BADAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#BADAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BADAEB

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BADAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BADAEB	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #badaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 218, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.041 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe5f1',
    500: '#badaeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #badaeb;
$custom-light: #cfe5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#badaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87046,
    "c": 0.04131,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.6658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BADAEB

secondary

#C79A82

accent

#5A23C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BADAEB

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

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