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#BADCDC

#badcdc ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#badcdc is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 86.27% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.45% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 32.69% saturation and 79.61% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 3.63.

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Relative luminance0.6679

Complementary

  1. #badcdc
  2. #dcbaba

Split complementary

  1. #badcdc
  2. #dcbacb
  3. #dccbba

Analogous

  1. #badccb
  2. #badcdc
  3. #bacbdc

Triadic

  1. #badcdc
  2. #dcbadc
  3. #dcdcba

Tetradic

  1. #badcdc
  2. #babadc
  3. #dcbaba
  4. #dcdcba

Square

  1. #badcdc
  2. #cbbadc
  3. #dcbaba
  4. #cbdcba

Monochromatic

  1. #55a8a8
  2. #87c2c2
  3. #badcdc
  4. #edf6f6
  5. #f1f8f8

Shades

#badcdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #badcdc
  2. #a7c6c6
  3. #95b0b0
  4. #829a9a
  5. #708484
  6. #5d6e6e
  7. #4a5858
  8. #384242
  9. #252c2c
  10. #131616
  11. #000000

Tints

#badcdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #badcdc
  2. #c1e0e0
  3. #c8e3e3
  4. #cfe7e7
  5. #d6eaea
  6. #ddeeee
  7. #e3f1f1
  8. #eaf5f5
  9. #f1f8f8
  10. #f8fcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#badcdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #badcdc
  2. #b4d3d3
  3. #aecaca
  4. #a9c0c0
  5. #a3b7b7
  6. #9daeae
  7. #97a5a5
  8. #919c9c
  9. #8c9292
  10. #868989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbd8d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7d8dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0d3dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0dedc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccdadc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8d7dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4dddc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-badcdc {
  color: #badcdc;
}
Background
.bg-badcdc {
  background-color: #badcdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-badcdc {
  border: 2px solid #badcdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #badcdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 220 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 33% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-badcdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #badcdc, #bacbdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-badcdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 220 220 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 3.63 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.84 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.80 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 6.88 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.90 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.56 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 7.76 #452323 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#badcdc  rgb(186, 220, 220)  hsl(180, 33%, 80%)  Powder Blue
#dcbaba  rgb(220, 186, 186)  hsl(0, 33%, 80%)  Baby Pink
#dcbadc  rgb(220, 186, 220)  hsl(300, 33%, 80%)  Thistle
#dcdcba  rgb(220, 220, 186)  hsl(60, 33%, 80%)  Pearl