#BADBEC#BADBEC

#BADBEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.042 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BADBEC
RGB	rgb(186, 219, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(200, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -7.24, -11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 13.95, 238.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0269 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.042 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.7174, 67.1564, 89.1040)
Luminance	0.6716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BADBEC #ECCBBA

analogous

#BAECE4 #BADBEC #BAC2EC

triadic

#BADBEC #ECBADB #DBECBA

tetradic

#BADBEC #E4BAEC #ECCBBA #C2ECBA

square

#BADBEC #E4BAEC #ECCBBA #C2ECBA

split-complementary

#BADBEC #ECBAC2 #ECE4BA

monochromatic

#5AA9D2 #8AC2DF #BADBEC #E7F2F8 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BADBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#BADBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BADBEC

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BADBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BADBEC	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #badbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 219, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.042 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe6f2',
    500: '#badbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #badbec;
$custom-light: #cfe6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#badbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.4,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87287,
    "c": 0.04211,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BADBEC

secondary

#C99A81

accent

#5921C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BADBEC

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

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