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#BADBD5

#badbd5 ≈ Powder Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#badbd5 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 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.07% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.74% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 169.09°, 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 14.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 5.67.

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Relative luminance0.6591

Complementary

  1. #badbd5
  2. #dbbac0

Split complementary

  1. #badbd5
  2. #dbbad0
  3. #dbc4ba

Analogous

  1. #badbc4
  2. #badbd5
  3. #bad0db

Triadic

  1. #badbd5
  2. #d5badb
  3. #dbd5ba

Tetradic

  1. #badbd5
  2. #bac0db
  3. #dbbac0
  4. #dbd5ba

Square

  1. #badbd5
  2. #c4badb
  3. #dbbac0
  4. #d0dbba

Monochromatic

  1. #56a697
  2. #88c1b6
  3. #badbd5
  4. #ecf5f4
  5. #f2f8f7

Shades

#badbd5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #badbd5
  2. #a7c5c0
  3. #95afaa
  4. #829995
  5. #708380
  6. #5d6e6b
  7. #4a5855
  8. #384240
  9. #252c2b
  10. #131615
  11. #000000

Tints

#badbd5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #badbd5
  2. #c1dfd9
  3. #c8e2dd
  4. #cfe6e2
  5. #d6e9e6
  6. #ddedea
  7. #e3f1ee
  8. #eaf4f2
  9. #f1f8f7
  10. #f8fbfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#badbd5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #badbd5
  2. #b4d2cd
  3. #aec9c4
  4. #a9c0bc
  5. #a3b7b3
  6. #9daeab
  7. #97a4a2
  8. #919b9a
  9. #8c9291
  10. #868989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cad7d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8d7d5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1d2d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2dcd9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccd9d5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8d6d5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5dcd7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-badbd5 {
  color: #badbd5;
}
Background
.bg-badbd5 {
  background-color: #badbd5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-badbd5 {
  border: 2px solid #badbd5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #badbd5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 219 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 169 31% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-badbd5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #badbd5, #bad0db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-badbd5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 219 213 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.67 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 5.90 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.22 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.47 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 8.51 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.19 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.25 #45242a Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#badbd5  rgb(186, 219, 213)  hsl(169, 31%, 79%)  Powder Blue
#dbbac0  rgb(219, 186, 192)  hsl(349, 31%, 79%)  Baby Pink
#d5badb  rgb(213, 186, 219)  hsl(289, 31%, 79%)  Thistle
#dbd5ba  rgb(219, 213, 186)  hsl(49, 31%, 79%)  Pearl