#BAE4E8#BAE4E8

#BAE4E8 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.044 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE4E8
RGB	rgb(186, 228, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(185, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 1.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, -12.70, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 14.25, 206.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.0403 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.044 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.5545, 71.7500, 86.8815)
Luminance	0.7175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE4E8 #E8BEBA

analogous

#BAE8D5 #BAE4E8 #BACDE8

triadic

#BAE4E8 #E8BAE4 #E4E8BA

tetradic

#BAE4E8 #D5BAE8 #E8BEBA #CDE8BA

square

#BAE4E8 #D5BAE8 #E8BEBA #CDE8BA

split-complementary

#BAE4E8 #E8BACD #E8D5BA

monochromatic

#5EC0C9 #8CD2D9 #BAE4E8 #E8F6F7 #E8F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#BAE4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#BAE4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE4E8

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE4E8	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDE0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5DAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE7E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 228, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.044 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfecef',
    500: '#bae4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae4e8;
$custom-light: #cfecef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89042,
    "c": 0.04393,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE4E8

secondary

#C38983

accent

#3528BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFDFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE4E8

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

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