#BADCEB#BADCEB

#BADCEB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.041 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BADCEB
RGB	rgb(186, 220, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(198, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -7.97, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 13.63, 234.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0286 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.041 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.8342, 67.6217, 88.4282)
Luminance	0.6762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BADCEB #EBC9BA

analogous

#BAEBE1 #BADCEB #BAC4EB

triadic

#BADCEB #EBBADC #DCEBBA

tetradic

#BADCEB #E1BAEB #EBC9BA #C4EBBA

square

#BADCEB #E1BAEB #EBC9BA #C4EBBA

split-complementary

#BADCEB #EBBAC4 #EBE1BA

monochromatic

#5BACCF #8BC4DD #BADCEB #E7F3F8 #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BADCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#BADCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BADCEB

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BADCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BADCEB	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #badceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 220, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.041 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe6f1',
    500: '#badceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #badceb;
$custom-light: #cfe6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#badceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87462,
    "c": 0.04145,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BADCEB

secondary

#C79782

accent

#5423C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BADCEB

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

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