#BAC2C6

Closest named color: Silver (#C0C0C0). oklch(80.9% 0.011 228.9), rgb(186, 194, 198).

Black text reads best on this color (11.61:1).

About this color

#BAC2C6 is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.011. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Silver (#C0C0C0), ΔE 0.011 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.61:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	light (81%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.011)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Silver (#C0C0C0)
Black text	11.61:1
White text	1.80:1

Values

HEX	#BAC2C6
RGB	rgb(186, 194, 198)
HSL	hsl(200, 10%, 75%)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.011 228.9)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #BAC2C6	1.80:1	Fails	Lc -37.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #BAC2C6	11.61:1	AAA	Lc 70.2	Content text, not long reading
#BAC2C6 text on white	1.80:1	Fails	Lc 33.6	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#BAC2C6 text on black	11.61:1	AAA	Lc -69.0	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F4F6F6

oklch(97.2% 0.002 197.1)
Step 100
100

#E8EAEB

oklch(93.6% 0.003 228.8)
Step 200
200

#D5DADC

oklch(88.5% 0.006 223.5)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#BAC2C6

oklch(80.9% 0.011 228.9)
Step 400
400

#96A3A9

oklch(70.7% 0.017 227.1)
Step 500
500

#7D8C94

oklch(63.1% 0.021 230.9)
Step 600
600

#66767E

oklch(55.5% 0.023 229.4)
Step 700
700

#54636B

oklch(49% 0.022 231.1)
Step 800
800

#455157

oklch(42.7% 0.018 229.4)
Step 900
900

#3A4348

oklch(37.7% 0.015 232.1)
Step 950
950

#22272A

oklch(26.9% 0.009 234.1)

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#BAC2C6 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C0C2C6	0.008
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#BEC0C6	0.007
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#B7C3C3	0.007
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C1C1C1	0.011

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #BAC2C6, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #BAC2C6 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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