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cyan · cool

#bacfcc

a light, soft cyan · cool · closest name: Powder Blue

Token name suggestion: Morning Teal

RGB
186, 207, 204
HSL
171°, 18%, 77%
CMYK
10, 0, 1, 19
Luminance
0.5942

#bacfcc is a light soft cyan, 171° on the wheel and 67/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.88:1). As text it scores 1.63:1 on white — use #567C76 instead. Nearest name is Powder Blue, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(171 18% 77%)rgb(186 207 204)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bacfcc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bacfcc
Hue
171°
cyan
Saturation
18%
soft
Lightness
77%
light
Brightness
81%
HSV value
Perceived
79%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5942
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
67/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
12.88:1
Closest name
Powder Blue
ΔE2000 7.9
Chroma
7.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.838
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 19.7
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue171° of 360°
Saturation18%
Lightness77%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bacfcc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool67% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red18%
Green75%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#bacfcc
HEX (8-digit)#bacfccff
RGBrgb(186, 207, 204)
RGBArgba(186, 207, 204, 1)
HSLhsl(171, 18%, 77%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171, 10%, 81%)
HWBhwb(171 73% 19%)
CMYKcmyk(10%, 0%, 1%, 19%)
LABlab(81.5 -7.6 -0.9)
LCHlch(81.5 7.7 186.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.838 0.023 186.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(53.46, 59.42, 65.77)
Decimal12242892
Display P3color(display-p3 0.729 0.812 0.800)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bacfcc;
background-color: #bacfcc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bacfcc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bacfcc] bg-[#bacfcc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bacfcc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.729, green: 0.812, blue: 0.800)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.729, green: 0.812, blue: 0.800, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BACFCC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBACFCC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBACFCC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(204, 207, 186)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(186, 207, 204)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(186, 207, 204)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 186, 207, 204)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7294f, 0.8118f, 0.8000f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{186,207,204}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bacfcc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bacfcc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#344B48, #DBE6E4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bacfcc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F8F8;
  --brand-100: #EEF2F1;
  --brand-200: #D9E3E2;
  --brand-300: #bacfcc;
  --brand-400: #9CBAB6;
  --brand-500: #7BA39D;
  --brand-600: #64908A;
  --brand-700: #547873;
  --brand-800: #43605C;
  --brand-900: #334744;
  --brand-950: #202D2B;
  --brand: #bacfcc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F9F8;
  --brand-border: #CFDEDB;
  --brand-hover: #A5C0BC;
  --brand-pressed: #90B2AD;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #172120;
    --brand-ink: #DBE6E4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F8F8',
        100: '#EEF2F1',
        200: '#D9E3E2',
        300: '#bacfcc',
        400: '#9CBAB6',
        500: '#7BA39D',
        600: '#64908A',
        700: '#547873',
        800: '#43605C',
        900: '#334744',
        950: '#202D2B',
        DEFAULT: '#bacfcc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F8F8,
  '100': #EEF2F1,
  '200': #D9E3E2,
  '300': #bacfcc,
  '400': #9CBAB6,
  '500': #7BA39D,
  '600': #64908A,
  '700': #547873,
  '800': #43605C,
  '900': #334744,
  '950': #202D2B,
);
$brand-base: #bacfcc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F8F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF2F1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D9E3E2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#bacfcc", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9CBAB6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7BA39D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#64908A", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#547873", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#43605C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#334744", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#202D2B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #bacfcc · 12.88:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.63:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.88:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bacfcc as text scores 1.63:1 on white and 12.88:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #344B48 at 5.74:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#567C76 · 4.63:1
AA on white−36% L
#567C76
The quick fox
#415E59 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−46% L
#415E59
The quick fox
#bacfcc · 12.88:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bacfcc
The quick fox
#bacfcc · 12.88:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bacfcc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #729D97 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bacfcc on white: 1.63:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bacfcc on black: 12.88:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bacfcc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bacfcc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.63:1AaAa
Slate 501.56:1AaAa
Slate 1001.49:1AaAa
Slate 2001.32:1AaAa
Slate 3001.10:1AaAa
Slate 4001.57:1AaAa
Slate 5002.92:1AaAa
Slate 6004.65:1AaAa
Slate 7006.35:1AaAa
Slate 8008.98:1AaAa
Slate 90010.95:1AaAa
Black12.88:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CDCCCC
deuteranopia · #C8C9CC
tritanopia · #B5D0CE

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #bacfcc is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F8F8
#EEF2F1
#D9E3E2
#bacfcc
#9CBAB6
#7BA39D
#64908A
#547873
#43605C
#334744
#202D2B
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F6F8F8Darkest = 950 · #202D2BText step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.006 186.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.009 186.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.014 186.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.018 186.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.021 186.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.023 186.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.023 186.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.022 186.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.019 186.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.016 186.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.013 186.4);
}

Colors that work with #bacfcc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6F9F8
Tinted page background
Border#CFDEDB
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5E8781
Captions on the surface
Accent#7C5062
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#344B48
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F5F4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#172120
Dark-mode background
Hover#A5C0BC
One step down in lightness
Pressed#90B2AD
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C1DCD8
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #bacfcc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #344B48
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #729D97

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight23/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#CFBABD
Analogous left#BACFC2
Analogous right#BAC8CF
Split-complement 1#CFBAC8
Split-complement 2#CFC2BA
Triadic 1#CCBACF
Triadic 2#CFCCBA
Tetradic#C2BACF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°171°

#bacfcc sits at 171°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red72.9%
Green81.2%
Blue80.0%
R · 0–255
186
0xba
G · 0–255
207
0xcf
B · 0–255
204
0xcc

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow1.4%
Key (black)18.8%

Total ink coverage is 30%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bacfcc text on a black background

contrast 12.88:1

Card sample

#bacfcc text on a white background

contrast 1.63:1

Card sample

#bacfcc on grey

1.49:1

#bacfcc on its own surface

1.54:1

#bacfcc on its dark surface

10.11:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bacfcc;
Background color
Panel with #bacfcc background
background-color: #bacfcc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bacfcc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(186, 207, 204, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(186, 207, 204, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bacfcc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bacfcc, #BAC4CF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bacfcc, #BABFCF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bacfcc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bacfcc;
caret-color: #bacfcc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bacfcc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F5F4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bacfcc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bacfcc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bacfcc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(186, 207, 204, 0.5)
rgb(186 207 204 / 50%)
#bacfcc80
hsl(171 18% 77% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bacfcc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bacfcc1a#F8FAFA
20%#bacfcc33#F1F5F5
40%#bacfcc66#E3ECEB
60%#bacfcc99#D6E2E0
80%#bacfcccc#C8D9D6

Gradients from #bacfcc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #DEE8E7, #bacfcc 45%, #344B48);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bacfcc, #A8B2C2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bacfcc, #CFBABD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F0F5F4 0%, #bacfcc 45%, #344B48 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F9F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D8E4DB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #CCD5DC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #344B48 0%, transparent 65%), #bacfcc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bacfcc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#bacfcc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 12.88:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#bacfcc, answered

What color is #bacfcc?

#bacfcc is a light soft cyan, closest to Powder Blue (ΔE2000 7.9). It sits at 171° on the hue wheel with 18% saturation and 77% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #bacfcc?

rgb(186, 207, 204) — 186 red, 207 green and 204 blue out of 255, or 72.9% / 81.2% / 80% by channel.

What is #bacfcc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(171, 18%, 77%) and hsv(171, 10%, 81%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bacfcc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5942 and perceived brightness is 79%, so black text on it reaches 12.88:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bacfcc?

Black. It scores 12.88:1 against #bacfcc, versus 1.63:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bacfcc accessible on a white background?

#bacfcc on white scores 1.63:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #567C76 to reach 4.5:1, or #415E59 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bacfcc?

#CFBABD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CFBAC8 and #CFC2BA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bacfcc?

For interface work: #F6F9F8 as the surface, #CFDEDB for borders, #5E8781 for secondary text, #7C5062 as an accent and #344B48 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BACFC2 and #BAC8CF stays calm, while #CFBABD is the loudest partner.

What is #bacfcc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(10%, 0%, 1%, 19%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bacfcc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 67 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BACFC4; nudged cooler, #B9CBD0.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bacfcc?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 19.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bacfcc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bacfcc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bacfcc] or text-[#bacfcc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #bacfcc with 50% opacity?

rgba(186, 207, 204, 0.5), or #bacfcc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DDE7E6; over black, #5D6866.

Is #bacfcc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCCC, ΔE2000 9.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bacfcc mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #bacfcc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DEE8E7, #bacfcc 45%, #344B48). For more colour, a short hue run to #A8B2C2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bacfcc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bacfcc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.