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Colour

#BAC5CA

  • #BAC5CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BAC5CA is a cyan with RGB values 186, 197, 202 and HSL 199°, 13%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BAC5CA#BAC5CA
HEX#BAC5CA
RGBrgb(186, 197, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7725, 0.7922
RGB percentages72.9%, 77.3%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(198.7, 13.1%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.7, 7.9%, 79.2%)
CMYK7.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,240,330
CSS custom property--colour: #BAC5CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.93:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#453A35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C4CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C2CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B6C7C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 4.8Light grey · ΔE 7.4Gainsboro · ΔE 10.1Dark grey · ΔE 10.7Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5Light blue · ΔE 12.2
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 4.84, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CABFBA
Analogous#BACAC7, #BABDCA
Triadic#CABAC5, #C5CABA
Split complementary#CABABD, #CAC7BA
Tetradic#C7BACA, #CABFBA, #BDCABA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F5F6
Lighter +10%#D7DDE0
Darker −10%#9DADB4
Darker −20%#80959E
Darker −30%#667B85
Darker −40%#506168
More saturated +25%#ABCBD9
Less saturated −25%#C2C2C2

Channel breakdown

R186
G197
B202
Red186 (72.9%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue198.75°
Saturation (HSL)13.11%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G C5 · B CA

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