#BADAEC#BADAEC

#BADAEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.042 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BADAEC
RGB	rgb(186, 218, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(202, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 7.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -6.72, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 14.03, 241.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0256 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.042 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4573, 66.6362, 89.0173)
Luminance	0.6664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BADAEC #ECCCBA

analogous

#BAECE5 #BADAEC #BAC1EC

triadic

#BADAEC #ECBADA #DAECBA

tetradic

#BADAEC #E5BAEC #ECCCBA #C1ECBA

square

#BADAEC #E5BAEC #ECCCBA #C1ECBA

split-complementary

#BADAEC #ECBAC1 #ECE5BA

monochromatic

#5AA7D2 #8AC0DF #BADAEC #E7F2F8 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BADAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#BADAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BADAEC

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BADAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BADAEC	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDFE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #badaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 218, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.042 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe5f2',
    500: '#badaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #badaec;
$custom-light: #cfe5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#badaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87079,
    "c": 0.04212,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BADAEC

secondary

#C99B81

accent

#5C21C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BADAEC

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

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