#BADCEA#BADCEA

#BADCEA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.041 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BADCEA
RGB	rgb(186, 220, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(198, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.79, -8.19, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.79, 13.37, 232.24°)
OKLab	oklab(87.43% -0.029 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(87.43% 0.041 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.6901, 67.5641, 87.6695)
Luminance	0.6757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BADCEA #EAC8BA

analogous

#BAEAE0 #BADCEA #BAC4EA

triadic

#BADCEA #EABADC #DCEABA

tetradic

#BADCEA #E0BAEA #EAC8BA #C4EABA

square

#BADCEA #E0BAEA #EAC8BA #C4EABA

split-complementary

#BADCEA #EABAC4 #EAE0BA

monochromatic

#5CACCD #8BC4DC #BADCEA #E8F3F8 #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BADCEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#BADCEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BADCEA

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BADCEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BADCEA	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #badcea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 220, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.041 224.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#badcea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8743,
    "c": 0.04077,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BADCEA

secondary

#C69682

accent

#5225C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BADCEA

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

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