#BAE5FF#BAE5FF

#BAE5FF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.057 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAE5FF
RGB	rgb(186, 229, 255)
HSL	hsl(203, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(203, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.78, -8.17, -17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.78, 18.99, 244.53°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.033 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.057 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.3137, 73.6951, 105.3189)
Luminance	0.7370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAE5FF #FFD4BA

analogous

#BAFFF7 #BAE5FF #BAC3FF

triadic

#BAE5FF #FFBAE5 #E5FFBA

tetradic

#BAE5FF #F7BAFF #FFD4BA #C3FFBA

square

#BAE5FF #F7BAFF #FFD4BA #C3FFBA

split-complementary

#BAE5FF #FFBAC3 #FFF7BA

monochromatic

#40B7FF #7DCEFF #BAE5FF #E0F3FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#BAE5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#BAE5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAE5FF

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAE5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAE5FF	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9E3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFDBFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5ECED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bae5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 229, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.057 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0edff',
    500: '#bae5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bae5ff;
$custom-light: #d0edff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bae5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.609,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89999,
    "c": 0.05725,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAE5FF

secondary

#E7A176

accent

#5600E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFDFF

border

#D4D5D7

text

#141618

muted

#838486

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAE5FF

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

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