#BAC8CE#BAC8CE

#BAC8CE is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.018 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAC8CE
RGB	rgb(186, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 17%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(198, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -3.58, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 5.85, 232.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0123 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.018 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0421, 56.2032, 66.4870)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAC8CE #CEC0BA

analogous

#BACECA #BAC8CE #BABECE

triadic

#BAC8CE #CEBAC8 #C8CEBA

tetradic

#BAC8CE #CABACE #CEC0BA #BECEBA

square

#BAC8CE #CABACE #CEC0BA #BECEBA

split-complementary

#BAC8CE #CEBABE #CECABA

monochromatic

#728F9B #96ABB5 #BAC8CE #DEE5E7 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BAC8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#BAC8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAC8CE

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAC8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAC8CE	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bac8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.018 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced8dc',
    500: '#bac8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bac8ce;
$custom-light: #ced8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bac8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 16.949,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82387,
    "c": 0.01752,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAC8CE

secondary

#A3918A

accent

#634A9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAC8CE

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

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