#BADBEA#BADBEA

#BADBEA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.041 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BADBEA
RGB	rgb(186, 219, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(199, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -7.67, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 13.38, 235.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0277 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.041 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.4284, 67.0408, 87.5823)
Luminance	0.6704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BADBEA #EAC9BA

analogous

#BAEAE1 #BADBEA #BAC3EA

triadic

#BADBEA #EABADB #DBEABA

tetradic

#BADBEA #E1BAEA #EAC9BA #C3EABA

square

#BADBEA #E1BAEA #EAC9BA #C3EABA

split-complementary

#BADBEA #EABAC3 #EAE1BA

monochromatic

#5CAACD #8BC3DC #BADBEA #E8F3F8 #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BADBEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#BADBEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BADBEA

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BADBEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BADBEA	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #badbea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 219, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.041 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe6f0',
    500: '#badbea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #badbea;
$custom-light: #cfe6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#badbea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87222,
    "c": 0.04061,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BADBEA

secondary

#C69782

accent

#5525C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BADBEA

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

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