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#BADEFF Broad Daylight

#BADEFF is a very light, muted blue named Broad Daylight. In the RGB color model it is made of 72.9% red, 87.1% green and 100.0% blue (rgb(186, 222, 255)). Its HSL value is 209° hue, 100% saturation and 86% lightness, and in CMYK it is 27% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. #BADEFF is a cool color. Black text reads best on it, with a contrast ratio of 14.98:1.

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Variations of #BADEFF

Shades

Mixed with black: richer and darker.

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Tints

Mixed with white: lighter and softer.

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Tones

Mixed with gray: calmer and more muted.

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Hues

The same lightness and chroma, rotated around the color wheel.

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Temperatures

Cooler on the left, warmer on the right.

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#BADEFF color harmonies

Complementary

The opposite hue — maximum contrast and energy.

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Split complementary

The two hues next to the complement — contrast with less tension.

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Analogous

Neighbouring hues — calm, cohesive and natural.

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Triadic

Three hues evenly spaced at 120° — vibrant yet balanced.

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Tetradic

Two complementary pairs — rich, best with one dominant color.

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Square

Four hues spaced at 90° — bold and playful.

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#BADEFF for color-blind viewers (and dogs)

How #BADEFF appears with each type of color vision deficiency (Machado 2009 model) — and to your dog. Try the dog vision simulator →

  • Dog vision 95% similarHow dogs see it · simulated as #C9D7FE
  • Protanopia 94% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #D1DEFF
  • Protanomaly 96% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #CBDDFF
  • Deuteranopia 95% similar1.2% of men, 0.01% of women · simulated as #C9D7FE
  • Deuteranomaly 96% similar5% of men, 0.35% of women · simulated as #C5D9FF
  • Tritanopia 90% similar0.001% of men, 0.03% of women · simulated as #A6E6E9
  • Tritanomaly 96% similar0.0001% of men, 0.0001% of women · simulated as #B3E1F5
  • Achromatopsia 88% similar0.003% of men, 0.003% of women · simulated as #DADADA
  • Achromatomaly 91% similar0.001% of men, 0.001% of women · simulated as #D2DBE4

#BADEFF contrast checker

AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.40:1 Very poor#BADEFF text on white
AA normalFailAAA normalFail
AA largeFailAAA largeFail
AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
14.98:1 Super#BADEFF text on black
AA normalPassAAA normalPass
AA largePassAAA largePass

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#BADEFF in CSS

/* Broad Daylight */
.color { color: #BADEFF; }
.background { background-color: #BADEFF; }
.border { border: 1px solid #BADEFF; }

/* Other notations */
color: rgb(186 222 255);
color: hsl(209 100% 86%);
color: oklch(0.886 0.059 246.2);

#BADEFF FAQ

What color is #BADEFF?

#BADEFF is a very light, muted blue. Its closest named color is Broad Daylight. It belongs to the blue color family and is a cool color.

What is the RGB value of #BADEFF?

#BADEFF is rgb(186, 222, 255) in RGB, hsl(209, 100%, 86%) in HSL and cmyk(27%, 13%, 0%, 0%) in CMYK.

What is the complementary color of #BADEFF?

The complementary color of #BADEFF is #FFDBBA, which sits opposite it on the color wheel.

Which text color works on #BADEFF?

Black text has the best contrast on #BADEFF: 14.98:1, which meets the WCAG AA requirement of 4.5:1 for normal text.

Is #BADEFF a warm or cool color?

#BADEFF is a cool color.