#BAC8CA#BAC8CA

#BAC8CA is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.016 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC8CA
RGB	rgb(186, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(188, 8%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -4.37, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 5.10, 211.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0139 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.016 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5623, 56.0113, 63.9604)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC8CA #CABCBA

analogous

#BACAC4 #BAC8CA #BAC0CA

triadic

#BAC8CA #CABAC8 #C8CABA

tetradic

#BAC8CA #C4BACA #CABCBA #C0CABA

square

#BAC8CA #C4BACA #CABCBA #C0CABA

split-complementary

#BAC8CA #CABAC0 #CAC4BA

monochromatic

#759195 #97ACAF #BAC8CA #DDE4E5 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BAC8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#BAC8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC8CA

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC8CA	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.016 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced8da',
    500: '#bac8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac8ca;
$custom-light: #ced8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 13.115,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82265,
    "c": 0.01559,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC8CA

secondary

#9E8D8A

accent

#574E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC8CA

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

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