HEX atlas value

#BAC0B4

#BAC0B4 is a cool green HEX color nearest Pumice. RGB 186, 192, 180, HSL 90° 9% 73%, luminance 0.5143; view contrast and conversions.

green cool muted

#BAC0B4 Sample readable text

HEX #BAC0B4

RGB rgb(186, 192, 180)

HSL hsl(90 9% 73%)

CMYK cmyk(3, 0, 6, 25)

Luminance 0.5143

Contrast Black 11.29:1White 1.86:1

CSS

--color-bac0b4: #BAC0B4;
.background-bac0b4 { background-color: #BAC0B4; }
.text-bac0b4 { color: #BAC0B4; }

HEX meaning and use

About #BAC0B4

#BAC0B4 is classified as a cool green value with muted visual character. #BAC0B4 is visually closest to Pumice, a named green color with HEX #BAC0B4.

The RGB channels are 186, 192, and 180, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 90deg with 9% saturation and 73% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.5143, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.29:1AA Pass

White text1.86:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #BAC0B4 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.29:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.86:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E8EAE6#E8EAE6 · #000000 text · best 17.34:1 #BACFA5#BACFA5 · #000000 text · best 12.56:1 Silver#C0C0C0 · #000000 text · best 11.54:1 #C0C0B4#C0C0B4 · #000000 text · best 11.44:1 Opal#A8C3BC · #000000 text · best 11.2:1

Generated Palette

Pumice#BAC0B4

#BAB4C0#BAB4C0

#C0C0B4#C0C0B4

#B4C0B4#B4C0B4

#E8EAE6#E8EAE6

#8C9782#8C9782

Color Harmonies

#BAB4C0#BAB4C0

#C0C0B4#C0C0B4

#B4C0B4#B4C0B4

#B4BAC0#B4BAC0

#C0B4BA#C0B4BA

Variants

#E8EAE6#E8EAE6

#8C9782#8C9782

#BACFA5#BACFA5

#BABABA#BABABA

#FAFAFA#FAFAFA

#CFFF9E#CFFF9E

Nearest Named Colors

Pumice#BAC0B4

Ash Gray#B2BEB5

Silver#C0C0C0

Opal#A8C3BC

Galvanized Steel#A9B0B4

Luminance0.5143

Black text11.29:1AA Pass

White text1.86:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#BAC0B4","rgb":[186,192,180],"hsl":[90,9,73],"cmyk":[3,0,6,25],"luminance":0.5143,"contrast":{"black":11.29,"white":1.86}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.29,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.86,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E8EAE6","hex":"#E8EAE6","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.34,"contrastWhite":1.21,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#BACFA5","hex":"#BACFA5","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.56,"contrastWhite":1.67,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Silver","hex":"#C0C0C0","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.54,"contrastWhite":1.82,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C0C0B4","hex":"#C0C0B4","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.44,"contrastWhite":1.84,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Opal","hex":"#A8C3BC","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.2,"contrastWhite":1.88,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","muted","muted green","Pumice adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/bac0b4.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pumice.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ash-gray.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/silver.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#BAB4C0","analogous":["#C0C0B4","#B4C0B4"],"triadic":["#B4BAC0","#C0B4BA"],"tetradic":["#B4C0C0","#BAB4C0","#C0B4B4"],"splitComplementary":["#B4B4C0","#C0B4C0"],"monochromatic":["#E8EAE6","#BAC0B4","#8C9782"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E8EAE6","dark":"#8C9782","saturated":"#BACFA5","desaturated":"#BABABA","pastel":"#FAFAFA","neon":"#CFFF9E"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pumice","name":"Pumice","hex":"#BAC0B4","distance":0},{"slug":"ash-gray","name":"Ash Gray","hex":"#B2BEB5","distance":8.306623862918075},{"slug":"silver","name":"Silver","hex":"#C0C0C0","distance":13.416407864998739},{"slug":"opal","name":"Opal","hex":"#A8C3BC","distance":19.924858845171276},{"slug":"galvanized-steel","name":"Galvanized Steel","hex":"#A9B0B4","distance":23.345235059857504}]

#BAC0B4

CSS

About #BAC0B4

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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