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#BADCE4

#badce4 ≈ Light Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#badce4 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 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.42% cyan, 3.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 191.43°, with 43.75% saturation and 81.18% 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 14.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 2.9.

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Relative luminance0.6723

Complementary

  1. #badce4
  2. #e4c2ba

Split complementary

  1. #badce4
  2. #e4bac7
  3. #e4d7ba

Analogous

  1. #bae4d7
  2. #badce4
  3. #bac7e4

Triadic

  1. #badce4
  2. #e4badc
  3. #dce4ba

Tetradic

  1. #badce4
  2. #c2bae4
  3. #e4c2ba
  4. #dce4ba

Square

  1. #badce4
  2. #d7bae4
  3. #e4c2ba
  4. #c7e4ba

Monochromatic

  1. #4ca4b9
  2. #83c0ce
  3. #badce4
  4. #f0f8f9
  5. #f0f8f9

Shades

#badce4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #badce4
  2. #a7c6cd
  3. #95b0b6
  4. #829aa0
  5. #708489
  6. #5d6e72
  7. #4a585b
  8. #384244
  9. #252c2e
  10. #131617
  11. #000000

Tints

#badce4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #badce4
  2. #c1e0e7
  3. #c8e3e9
  4. #cfe7ec
  5. #d6eaef
  6. #ddeef2
  7. #e3f1f4
  8. #eaf5f7
  9. #f1f8fa
  10. #f8fcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#badce4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #badce4
  2. #b4d3da
  3. #aecad0
  4. #a9c0c6
  5. #a3b7bc
  6. #9daeb2
  7. #97a5a8
  8. #919c9e
  9. #8c9294
  10. #86898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbd8dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6d9e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ced4e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aee0de ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbdae4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7d7e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3dee1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-badce4 {
  color: #badce4;
}
Background
.bg-badce4 {
  background-color: #badce4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-badce4 {
  border: 2px solid #badce4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #badce4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 220 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 44% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-badce4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #badce4, #bac7e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-badce4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 220 228 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 2.90 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 3.86 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.61 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 4.93 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.83 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.43 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 8.30 #45231b Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#badce4  rgb(186, 220, 228)  hsl(191, 44%, 81%)  Light Blue
#e4c2ba  rgb(228, 194, 186)  hsl(11, 44%, 81%)  Zinnwaldite
#e4badc  rgb(228, 186, 220)  hsl(311, 44%, 81%)  Thistle
#dce4ba  rgb(220, 228, 186)  hsl(71, 44%, 81%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow