#BADABE

sRGB: 186 / 218 / 190

Ancient mountains flourish beyond boundaries
Electric visions awaken beneath celestial skies
Eternal flames transcend the limits of dreams

#BADABE belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 186 red, 218 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 127.5° lands in the green region. Its 30.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.86:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 186, 218, 190
HSL: 127.50°, 30.19%, 79.22%
HSV / HSB: 127.50°, 14.68%, 85.49%
CMYK (approx.): 14.68%, 0.00%, 12.84%, 14.51%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.613, 64.299, 58.251
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.121, -15.878, 10.275
WCAG relative luminance: 0.64300
24-bit decimal: 12245694

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BADABE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.86:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.52:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DABAD6 sits half a turn (180°) from #BADABE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BADABE #DABAD6

Analogous

#C6DABA and #BADACE sit 30° to either side of #BADABE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C6DABA #BADABE #BADACE

Triadic

#BADABE, #BEBADA and #DABEBA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BADABE #BEBADA #DABEBA

Split complementary

Start at #BADABE and look across the wheel. #CEBADA and #DABAC6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BADABE #CEBADA #DABAC6

Square

Starting with #BADABE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BAC6DA, #DABAD6, then #DACEBA. Across the square, #BADABE pairs with #DABAD6, and #BAC6DA with #DACEBA.

#BADABE #BAC6DA #DABAD6 #DACEBA

Tetradic

#BADABE and #DABAD6 are opposites, as are #BAD6DA and #DABEBA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BADABE #BAD6DA #DABAD6 #DABEBA

Tints

Mixing #BADABE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8E1CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1F8F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#BADABE #C8E1CB #D6E9D8 #E3F0E5 #F1F8F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BADABE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #95AE98, keeps 80% of the original. By #252C26, the mixture is 80% black.

#BADABE #95AE98 #708372 #4A574C #252C26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BADABE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AEC8B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C928C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BADABE #AEC8B2 #A3B6A5 #97A499 #8C928C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BADABE

RGB

rgb(186 218 190)

HSL

hsl(127.500 30.189% 79.216%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BADABE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BADABE uses 186 red, 218 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 72.9%

Green 85.5%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BADABE is 14.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 12.8% yellow and 14.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 14.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 12.8%

Black 14.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBDDBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BDB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BADABE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBDDBB Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#BADABE #BFD5C2 #C5CFC6 #CACACA #CFC5CE #D5BFD2 #DABAD6

Color vision previews

Compare how #BADABE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#DBD4BD

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D5D0BF

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B6D8D2

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D0D6BE

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CED4BF

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BBD9C5

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D2D2D2

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C6D6C8

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.49102 G 0.70110 B 0.51492

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.75371 G 0.85112 B 0.75350

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.52832 G 0.69413 B 0.52799

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.308 y 0.363 Y 64.299

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 27.059 M % 14.510 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111010 11011010 10111110