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#BADBD4

#badbd4 ≈ Opal

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#badbd4 is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 85.88% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.07% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.2% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 167.27°, with 31.43% saturation and 79.41% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Opal (#a8c3bc), ΔE 5.87.

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Relative luminance0.6586

Complementary

  1. #badbd4
  2. #dbbac1

Split complementary

  1. #badbd4
  2. #dbbad1
  3. #dbc3ba

Analogous

  1. #badbc3
  2. #badbd4
  3. #bad1db

Triadic

  1. #badbd4
  2. #d4badb
  3. #dbd4ba

Tetradic

  1. #badbd4
  2. #bac1db
  3. #dbbac1
  4. #dbd4ba

Square

  1. #badbd4
  2. #c3badb
  3. #dbbac1
  4. #d1dbba

Monochromatic

  1. #56a695
  2. #88c1b5
  3. #badbd4
  4. #ecf5f3
  5. #f2f8f7

Shades

#badbd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #badbd4
  2. #a7c5bf
  3. #95afaa
  4. #829994
  5. #70837f
  6. #5d6e6a
  7. #4a5855
  8. #384240
  9. #252c2a
  10. #131615
  11. #000000

Tints

#badbd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #badbd4
  2. #c1dfd8
  3. #c8e2dd
  4. #cfe6e1
  5. #d6e9e5
  6. #ddedea
  7. #e3f1ee
  8. #eaf4f2
  9. #f1f8f6
  10. #f8fbfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#badbd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #badbd4
  2. #b4d2cc
  3. #aec9c3
  4. #a9c0bb
  5. #a3b7b2
  6. #9daeaa
  7. #97a4a2
  8. #919b99
  9. #8c9291
  10. #868988
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cad7d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8d7d4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1d2d5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2dcd9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdd9d4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8d6d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5dcd7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-badbd4 {
  color: #badbd4;
}
Background
.bg-badbd4 {
  background-color: #badbd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-badbd4 {
  border: 2px solid #badbd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #badbd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 219 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 167 31% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-badbd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #badbd4, #bad1db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-badbd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 219 212 / 0.35);
}

#a8c3bc Opal ΔE 5.87 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.04 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.34 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 8.67 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.91 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.15 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.60 #45242b Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Opal
#badbd4  rgb(186, 219, 212)  hsl(167, 31%, 79%)  Opal
#dbbac1  rgb(219, 186, 193)  hsl(347, 31%, 79%)  Baby Pink
#d4badb  rgb(212, 186, 219)  hsl(287, 31%, 79%)  Thistle
#dbd4ba  rgb(219, 212, 186)  hsl(47, 31%, 79%)  Pearl