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cyan · cool

#82adba

a balanced, soft cyan · cool · closest name: Cadet Blue

Token name suggestion: Signal Glacier

RGB
130, 173, 186
HSL
194°, 29%, 62%
CMYK
30, 7, 0, 27
Luminance
0.3818

#82adba is a balanced soft cyan, 194° on the wheel and 86/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.64:1). As text it scores 2.43:1 on white — use #4C7C8A instead. Nearest name is Cadet Blue, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(194 29% 62%)rgb(130 173 186)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #82adba is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#82adba
Hue
194°
cyan
Saturation
29%
soft
Lightness
62%
balanced
Brightness
73%
HSV value
Perceived
64%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3818
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
86/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
8.64:1
Closest name
Cadet Blue
ΔE2000 9.3
Chroma
16.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.721
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 10.2
Web-safe
#9999CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue194° of 360°
Saturation29%
Lightness62%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #82adba.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool86% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red12%
Green78%
Blue9%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#82adba
HEX (8-digit)#82adbaff
RGBrgb(130, 173, 186)
RGBArgba(130, 173, 186, 1)
HSLhsl(194, 29%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194, 30%, 73%)
HWBhwb(194 51% 27%)
CMYKcmyk(30%, 7%, 0%, 27%)
LABlab(68.2 -11.3 -11.3)
LCHlch(68.2 16.0 225.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.721 0.050 218.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(33.01, 38.18, 52.07)
Decimal8564154
Display P3color(display-p3 0.510 0.678 0.729)
Web-safe#9999CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #82adba;
background-color: #82adba;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #82adba;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#82adba] bg-[#82adba]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #82adba;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.510, green: 0.678, blue: 0.729)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.510, green: 0.678, blue: 0.729, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#82ADBA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF82ADBA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF82ADBA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(186, 173, 130)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(130, 173, 186)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(130, 173, 186)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 130, 173, 186)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5098f, 0.6784f, 0.7294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{130,173,186}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #82adba 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #82adba 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2D4A52, #D8E5E9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #82adba h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F8F9;
  --brand-100: #ECF2F3;
  --brand-200: #D5E2E6;
  --brand-300: #B7D0D7;
  --brand-400: #82adba;
  --brand-500: #6EA0AF;
  --brand-600: #578D9E;
  --brand-700: #497683;
  --brand-800: #3A5E69;
  --brand-900: #2D464D;
  --brand-950: #1C2C30;
  --brand: #82adba;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5F9FA;
  --brand-border: #CADDE2;
  --brand-hover: #6B9EAD;
  --brand-pressed: #578D9E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142024;
    --brand-ink: #D8E5E9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F8F9',
        100: '#ECF2F3',
        200: '#D5E2E6',
        300: '#B7D0D7',
        400: '#82adba',
        500: '#6EA0AF',
        600: '#578D9E',
        700: '#497683',
        800: '#3A5E69',
        900: '#2D464D',
        950: '#1C2C30',
        DEFAULT: '#82adba',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F8F9,
  '100': #ECF2F3,
  '200': #D5E2E6,
  '300': #B7D0D7,
  '400': #82adba,
  '500': #6EA0AF,
  '600': #578D9E,
  '700': #497683,
  '800': #3A5E69,
  '900': #2D464D,
  '950': #1C2C30,
);
$brand-base: #82adba;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F8F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECF2F3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D5E2E6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B7D0D7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#82adba", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#6EA0AF", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#578D9E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#497683", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3A5E69", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2D464D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1C2C30", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #82adba · 8.64:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.43:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.64:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #82adba as text scores 2.43:1 on white and 8.64:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2D4A52 at 3.90:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#4C7C8A · 4.61:1
AA on white−20% L
#4C7C8A
The quick fox
#3A5E69 · 7.04:1
AAA on white−30% L
#3A5E69
The quick fox
#82adba · 8.64:1
AA on blackalready passes
#82adba
The quick fox
#82adba · 8.64:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#82adba

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #689CAC is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#82adba on white: 2.43:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#82adba on black: 8.64:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #82adba as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #82adba.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.43:1AaAa
Slate 502.32:1AaAa
Slate 1002.22:1AaAa
Slate 2001.97:1AaAa
Slate 3001.64:1AaAa
Slate 4001.05:1AaAa
Slate 5001.96:1AaAa
Slate 6003.12:1AaAa
Slate 7004.26:1AaAa
Slate 8006.02:1AaAa
Slate 9007.34:1AaAa
Black8.64:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A4AABB
deuteranopia · #9BA3BA
tritanopia · #6FB2B1

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #82adba is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F8F9
#ECF2F3
#D5E2E6
#B7D0D7
#82adba
#6EA0AF
#578D9E
#497683
#3A5E69
#2D464D
#1C2C30
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F6F8F9Darkest = 950 · #1C2C30Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.012 218.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.020 218.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.030 218.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.039 218.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.046 218.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.050 218.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.050 218.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.047 218.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.042 218.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.035 218.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.027 218.4);
}

Colors that work with #82adba

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F5F9FA
Tinted page background
Border#CADDE2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#528594
Captions on the surface
Accent#BE7E7F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2D4A52
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF4F6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142024
Dark-mode background
Hover#6B9EAD
One step down in lightness
Pressed#578D9E
Two steps down
Disabled#CDDBDF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#87BACA
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #82adba

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #2D4A52
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #689CAC

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight38/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#BA8F82
Analogous left#82BAAB
Analogous right#8291BA
Split-complement 1#BA8291
Split-complement 2#BAAB82
Triadic 1#BA82AD
Triadic 2#ADBA82
Tetradic#AB82BA
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°194°

#82adba sits at 194°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red51.0%
Green67.8%
Blue72.9%
R · 0–255
130
0x82
G · 0–255
173
0xad
B · 0–255
186
0xba

CMYK percentages

Cyan30.1%
Magenta7.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)27.1%

Total ink coverage is 64%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#82adba text on a black background

contrast 8.64:1

Card sample

#82adba text on a white background

contrast 2.43:1

Card sample

#82adba on grey

2.22:1

#82adba on its own surface

2.29:1

#82adba on its dark surface

6.84:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #82adba;
Background color
Panel with #82adba background
background-color: #82adba;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #82adba;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(130, 173, 186, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(130, 173, 186, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #82adba;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #82adba, #8288BA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #82adba, #8A82BA);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #82adba;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #82adba;
caret-color: #82adba;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #82adba;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF4F6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #82adba;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#82adba 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #82adba over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(130, 173, 186, 0.5)
rgb(130 173 186 / 50%)
#82adba80
hsl(194 29% 62% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #82adba 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#82adba1a#F3F7F8
20%#82adba33#E6EFF1
40%#82adba66#CDDEE3
60%#82adba99#B4CED6
80%#82adbacc#9BBDC8

Gradients from #82adba

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #AAC7D0, #82adba 45%, #2D4A52);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #82adba, #6E70AF);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #82adba, #BA8F82);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #BDD4DB 0%, #82adba 45%, #2D4A52 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5F9FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A3CCBE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #969FC5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2D4A52 0%, transparent 65%), #82adba;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #82adba

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#82adba in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 8.64:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#82adba, answered

What color is #82adba?

#82adba is a balanced soft cyan, closest to Cadet Blue (ΔE2000 9.3). It sits at 194° on the hue wheel with 29% saturation and 62% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #82adba?

rgb(130, 173, 186) — 130 red, 173 green and 186 blue out of 255, or 51% / 67.8% / 72.9% by channel.

What is #82adba in HSL and HSV?

hsl(194, 29%, 62%) and hsv(194, 30%, 73%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #82adba a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3818 and perceived brightness is 64%, so black text on it reaches 8.64:1.

Should I use black or white text on #82adba?

Black. It scores 8.64:1 against #82adba, versus 2.43:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #82adba accessible on a white background?

#82adba on white scores 2.43:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4C7C8A to reach 4.5:1, or #3A5E69 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #82adba?

#BA8F82 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BA8291 and #BAAB82, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #82adba?

For interface work: #F5F9FA as the surface, #CADDE2 for borders, #528594 for secondary text, #BE7E7F as an accent and #2D4A52 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #82BAAB and #8291BA stays calm, while #BA8F82 is the loudest partner.

What is #82adba in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(30%, 7%, 0%, 27%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #82adba warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 86 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #82BAB3; nudged cooler, #80A0BC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #82adba?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 10.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #82adba as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #82adba in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#82adba] or text-[#82adba], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #82adba with 50% opacity?

rgba(130, 173, 186, 0.5), or #82adba80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C1D6DD; over black, #41575D.

Is #82adba a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #9999CC, ΔE2000 19.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #82adba mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #82adba?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #AAC7D0, #82adba 45%, #2D4A52). For more colour, a short hue run to #6E70AF keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #82adba in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #82adba at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.