#BAC8CB#BAC8CB

#BAC8CB is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.016 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC8CB
RGB	rgb(186, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(191, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -4.17, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 5.22, 216.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0135 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.016 212)
XYZ	xyz(51.6811, 56.0588, 64.5860)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC8CB #CBBDBA

analogous

#BACBC6 #BAC8CB #BAC0CB

triadic

#BAC8CB #CBBAC8 #C8CBBA

tetradic

#BAC8CB #C6BACB #CBBDBA #C0CBBA

square

#BAC8CB #C6BACB #CBBDBA #C0CBBA

split-complementary

#BAC8CB #CBBAC0 #CBC6BA

monochromatic

#749096 #97ACB1 #BAC8CB #DDE4E5 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BAC8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#BAC8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC8CB

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC8CB	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.016 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced8da',
    500: '#bac8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac8cb;
$custom-light: #ced8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82295,
    "c": 0.01592,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.56059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC8CB

secondary

#9F8E8A

accent

#5B4D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC8CB

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

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