#BAC8CD#BAC8CD

#BAC8CD is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.017 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC8CD
RGB	rgb(186, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(196, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -3.78, -4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 5.60, 227.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0127 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.017 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9210, 56.1547, 65.8493)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC8CD #CDBFBA

analogous

#BACDC9 #BAC8CD #BABFCD

triadic

#BAC8CD #CDBAC8 #C8CDBA

tetradic

#BAC8CD #C9BACD #CDBFBA #BFCDBA

square

#BAC8CD #C9BACD #CDBFBA #BFCDBA

split-complementary

#BAC8CD #CDBABF #CDC9BA

monochromatic

#738F9A #97ACB3 #BAC8CD #DDE4E7 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BAC8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#BAC8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC8CD

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC8CD	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.017 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced8dc',
    500: '#bac8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac8cd;
$custom-light: #ced8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 15.966,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82356,
    "c": 0.01688,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC8CD

secondary

#A1908A

accent

#604B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC8CD

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

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