Light gray
#BAC2BB
#BAC2BB is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.3:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BAC2BB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BAC2BB kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F3F9F3
- 100 E7EDE8
- 200 D4DBD5
- 300 BAC2BB
- 400 9EA59F
- 500 828A83
- 600 686F69
- 700 515752
- 800 3C423C
- 900 282D29
- 950 161916
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #f3f9f3; --color-gray-100: #e7ede8; --color-gray-200: #d4dbd5; --color-gray-300: #bac2bb; --color-gray-400: #9ea59f; --color-gray-500: #828a83; --color-gray-600: #686f69; --color-gray-700: #515752; --color-gray-800: #3c423c; --color-gray-900: #282d29; --color-gray-950: #161916;}Is #BAC2BB readable?
Contrast for text on #BAC2BB and for #BAC2BB used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.3APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #717872 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 34 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.3APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #BAC2BB
Six palettes built around #BAC2BB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BAC2BB · #12B796 · #86C820 · #B2F9FF · #2B362C
- Complementary#BAC2BB · #C473C0 · #CD79C0 · #B2E4B9 · #1D261F
- Split complementary#BAC2BB · #A994D4 · #FF79A4 · #C0FBBE · #1E241D
- Triadic#BAC2BB · #7F9DF8 · #F96666 · #BDE8CB · #263128
- Tetradic#BAC2BB · #0098D5 · #D074BC · #FFE3D1 · #26302A
- Monochromatic#BAC2BB · #37B171 · #25B840 · #B3F8C5 · #29352C
#BAC2BB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BAC2BB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F3F9F3
- Brand 100, #E7EDE8
- Brand 200, #D4DBD5
- Brand 300, #BAC2BB
- Brand 400, #9EA59F
- Brand 500, #828A83
- Brand 600, #686F69
- Brand 700, #515752
- Brand 800, #3C423C
- Brand 900, #282D29
- Brand 950, #161916
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F3
- Neutral 200, #E4E6E4
- Neutral 300, #D2D5D3
- Neutral 400, #9EA29F
- Neutral 500, #707571
- Neutral 600, #515552
- Neutral 700, #3E413E
- Neutral 800, #262926
- Neutral 900, #161916
- Neutral 950, #080B09
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #51A867
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #E9A852
- Warning 400, #D29541
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D4534A
- Danger 600, #B93B35
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #3E8CC9
- Info 600, #2173AD
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.8:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.8:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #BAC2BB
Lighter and darker versions of #BAC2BB.