Palettes / Colors / #BADECA

#BADECA — Light Muted Green

#BADECA is a green color we call Light Muted Green, closest to the named color PowderBlue (#B0E0E6). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: powderblue (#B0E0E6) — not an exact match. CSS powderblue gives you #B0E0E6, a different color; use #BADECA when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BADECA is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #DEBACE; it also sits naturally between #BCDEBA and #BADEDC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 87% · Blue 79%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 9% · Key 13%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BADECA

.text { color: #BADECA; }
.background { background-color: #BADECA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BADECA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 222, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(147, 35%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BADECA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 222, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BADECA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 222, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BADECA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BADECA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #DEBACE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BADECA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BADECA

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BADECA looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BADECA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BADEC9  ·  #BADECB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BADECA?

#BADECA is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 186, 222, 202). Its closest standard named color is PowderBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BADECA?

#BADECA is RGB 186, 222, 202 — HSL 147°, 35%, 80% — CMYK 16%, 0%, 9%, 13%.

What colors go with #BADECA?

Its complement is #DEBACE; analogous partners are #BCDEBA and #BADEDC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BADECA for text?

Black text on #BADECA has a contrast ratio of 14.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.46:1.