#BADAED#BADAED

#BADAED is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.043 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BADAED
RGB	rgb(186, 218, 237)
HSL	hsl(202, 59%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(202, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -6.50, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 14.36, 243.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0252 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.043 234)
XYZ	xyz(60.6030, 66.6944, 89.7846)
Luminance	0.6670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BADAED #EDCDBA

analogous

#BAEDE6 #BADAED #BAC0ED

triadic

#BADAED #EDBADA #DAEDBA

tetradic

#BADAED #E6BAED #EDCDBA #C0EDBA

square

#BADAED #E6BAED #EDCDBA #C0EDBA

split-complementary

#BADAED #EDBAC0 #EDE6BA

monochromatic

#59A6D4 #89C0E0 #BADAED #E7F2F9 #E7F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BADAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#BADAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BADAED

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BADAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BADAED	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDFE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #badaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 218, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.043 234.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#badaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.353,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87112,
    "c": 0.04297,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.66696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BADAED

secondary

#CA9C81

accent

#5D1FC6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BADAED

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

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