#BAC3CE#BAC3CE

#BAC3CE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.018 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC3CE
RGB	rgb(186, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(213, 17%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(213, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -0.93, -6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 6.63, 261.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0053 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.018 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9030, 53.9250, 66.1073)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC3CE #CEC5BA

analogous

#BACDCE #BAC3CE #BBBACE

triadic

#BAC3CE #CEBAC3 #C3CEBA

tetradic

#BAC3CE #CEBACD #CEC5BA #BACEBB

square

#BAC3CE #CEBACD #CEC5BA #BACEBB

split-complementary

#BAC3CE #CEBBBA #CDCEBA

monochromatic

#72859B #96A4B5 #BAC3CE #DEE2E7 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BAC3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#BAC3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC3CE

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC3CE	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.018 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced5dd',
    500: '#bac3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac3ce;
$custom-light: #ced5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 16.949,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81355,
    "c": 0.01839,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC3CE

secondary

#A3978A

accent

#774A9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC3CE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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