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#BADEFF

#badeff ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#badeff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 87.06% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.06% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 208.7°, with 100% saturation and 86.47% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 5.23.

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Relative luminance0.699

Complementary

  1. #badeff
  2. #ffdbba

Split complementary

  1. #badeff
  2. #ffbabb
  3. #fffeba

Analogous

  1. #bafffe
  2. #badeff
  3. #babbff

Triadic

  1. #badeff
  2. #ffbade
  3. #deffba

Tetradic

  1. #badeff
  2. #dbbaff
  3. #ffdbba
  4. #deffba

Square

  1. #badeff
  2. #febaff
  3. #ffdbba
  4. #bbffba

Monochromatic

  1. #2195ff
  2. #6db9ff
  3. #badeff
  4. #ebf5ff
  5. #ebf5ff

Shades

#badeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #badeff
  2. #a7c8e6
  3. #95b2cc
  4. #829bb3
  5. #708599
  6. #5d6f80
  7. #4a5966
  8. #38434d
  9. #252c33
  10. #13161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#badeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #badeff
  2. #c1e1ff
  3. #c8e5ff
  4. #cfe8ff
  5. #d6ebff
  6. #ddefff
  7. #e3f2ff
  8. #eaf5ff
  9. #f1f8ff
  10. #f8fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#badeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #badeff
  2. #b4d5f2
  3. #aecbe6
  4. #a9c2d9
  5. #a3b8cc
  6. #9dafc0
  7. #97a6b3
  8. #919ca6
  9. #8c9399
  10. #86898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cedbea ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1deff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9d7fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6e6e9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8deff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3daff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aee3f2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-badeff {
  color: #badeff;
}
Background
.bg-badeff {
  background-color: #badeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-badeff {
  border: 2px solid #badeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #badeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 222 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 100% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-badeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #badeff, #babbff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-badeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 222 255 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.23 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.23 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.17 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.80 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.35 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.42 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.33 #452100 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#badeff  rgb(186, 222, 255)  hsl(209, 100%, 86%)  Pale Aqua
#ffdbba  rgb(255, 219, 186)  hsl(29, 100%, 86%)  Peach Puff
#ffbade  rgb(255, 186, 222)  hsl(329, 100%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#deffba  rgb(222, 255, 186)  hsl(89, 100%, 86%)  Tea Green