#BADAEF#BADAEF

#BADAEF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.045 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BADAEF
RGB	rgb(186, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(204, 22%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.41, -6.06, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.41, 15.05, 246.24°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0245 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.045 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.8968, 66.8120, 91.3321)
Luminance	0.6681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BADAEF #EFCFBA

analogous

#BAEFE9 #BADAEF #BABFEF

triadic

#BADAEF #EFBADA #DAEFBA

tetradic

#BADAEF #E9BAEF #EFCFBA #BFEFBA

square

#BADAEF #E9BAEF #EFCFBA #BFEFBA

split-complementary

#BADAEF #EFBABF #EFE9BA

monochromatic

#57A5D8 #88BFE3 #BADAEF #E6F2F9 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BADAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#BADAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BADAEF

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BADAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BADAEF	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABDFE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #badaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.045 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe5f4',
    500: '#badaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #badaef;
$custom-light: #cfe5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#badaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.774,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87179,
    "c": 0.04474,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BADAEF

secondary

#CD9F80

accent

#611BCA

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BADAEF

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

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