#BADEBD

sRGB: 186 / 222 / 189

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#BADEBD belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 186 red, 222 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 125.0° lands in the green region. Its 35.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.0% 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 (14.27:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 186, 222, 189
HSL: 125.00°, 35.29%, 80.00%
HSV / HSB: 125.00°, 16.22%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 16.22%, 0.00%, 14.86%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.554, 66.355, 58.027
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.177, -18.056, 12.304
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66356
24-bit decimal: 12246717

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 #BADEBD 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: 14.27:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.47:1

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

#DEBADB sits half a turn (180°) from #BADEBD 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.

#BADEBD #DEBADB

Analogous

#C9DEBA and #BADECF sit 30° to either side of #BADEBD. 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.

#C9DEBA #BADEBD #BADECF

Triadic

#BADEBD, #BDBADE and #DEBDBA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BADEBD #BDBADE #DEBDBA

Split complementary

Start at #BADEBD and look across the wheel. #CFBADE and #DEBAC9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BADEBD #CFBADE #DEBAC9

Square

Starting with #BADEBD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BAC9DE, #DEBADB, then #DECFBA. Across the square, #BADEBD pairs with #DEBADB, and #BAC9DE with #DECFBA.

#BADEBD #BAC9DE #DEBADB #DECFBA

Tetradic

#BADEBD and #DEBADB are opposites, as are #BADBDE and #DEBDBA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BADEBD #BADBDE #DEBADB #DEBDBA

Tints

Mixing #BADEBD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8E5CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1F8F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#BADEBD #C8E5CA #D6EBD7 #E3F2E5 #F1F8F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BADEBD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #95B297, keeps 80% of the original. By #252C26, the mixture is 80% black.

#BADEBD #95B297 #708571 #4A594C #252C26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BADEBD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AECBB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C938C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BADEBD #AECBB1 #A3B8A5 #97A698 #8C938C #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

#BADEBD

RGB

rgb(186 222 189)

HSL

hsl(125.000 35.294% 80.000%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BADEBD uses 186 red, 222 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 72.9%

Green 87.1%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BADEBD is 16.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 14.9% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 16.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 14.9%

Black 12.9%

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 #BADEBD 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

#BADEBD #C0D8C2 #C6D2C7 #CCCCCC #D2C6D1 #D8C0D6 #DEBADB

Color vision previews

Compare how #BADEBD 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.

#DFD7BB

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.

#D9D3BF

Tritanopia

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

#B6DCD5

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.

#D3D9BC

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.

#D0D7BE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BBDDC6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D5D5D5

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.

#C8D9C9

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 0.73046 B 0.50888

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 0.75702 G 0.86638 B 0.75134

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.53353 G 0.72251 B 0.52462

CIE xyY

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

x 0.309 y 0.369 Y 66.355

CMY

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

C % 27.059 M % 12.941 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

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

10111010 11011110 10111101