#bac9c8

Color #bac9c8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.83 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bac9c8

RGB

rgb(186, 201, 200)

HSL

hsl(176, 12.2%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176, 7.5%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(79.83, -5.28, -1.25)

LCH

lch(79.83, 5.43, 193.32)

OKLCH

oklch(82.4%, 0.0165, 191.92)

HWB

hwb(176, 72.9%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9babb

Analogous

#bac9c1

#bac9c8

#bac3c9

Triadic

#bac9c8

#c8bac9

#c9c8ba

Split-complementary

#bac9c8

#c9bac3

#c9c1ba

Tetradic

#bac9c8

#babbc9

#c9babb

#c9c8ba

Square

#bac9c8

#c1bac9

#c9babb

#c3c9ba

Shades

Color #bac9c8 mixed toward black.

#96adab

#72908e

#556d6b

#394847

#1c2424

Tints

Color #bac9c8 mixed toward white.

#c6d2d1

#d1dbda

#dde4e4

#e8eded

#f4f6f6

Tones

Color #bac9c8 mixed toward gray.

#bbc8c7

#bdc7c6

#bec5c5

#bfc4c4

#c0c3c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1c8 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#c0bfc8 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#bbc8c8 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bac9c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bac9c8]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#bac9c8 (#bac9c8) is rgb(186, 201, 200) in RGB.

No, #bac9c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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