#BADCEC#BADCEC

#BADCEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.042 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BADCEC
RGB	rgb(186, 220, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(199, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -7.75, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 13.90, 236.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0282 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.042 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.9790, 67.6797, 89.1912)
Luminance	0.6768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BADCEC #ECCABA

analogous

#BAECE3 #BADCEC #BAC3EC

triadic

#BADCEC #ECBADC #DCECBA

tetradic

#BADCEC #E3BAEC #ECCABA #C3ECBA

square

#BADCEC #E3BAEC #ECCABA #C3ECBA

split-complementary

#BADCEC #ECBAC3 #ECE3BA

monochromatic

#5AABD2 #8AC4DF #BADCEC #E7F3F8 #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BADCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#BADCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BADCEC

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BADCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BADCEC	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #badcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 220, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.042 227.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#badcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87495,
    "c": 0.04217,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BADCEC

secondary

#C99881

accent

#5521C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BADCEC

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

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