#86B8CD#86B8CD

#86B8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.061 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#86B8CD
RGB	rgb(134, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -11.29, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 19.47, 234.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0422 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.061 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9878, 43.7550, 64.1897)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#86B8CD #CD9B86

analogous

#86CDBE #86B8CD #8695CD

triadic

#86B8CD #CD86B8 #B8CD86

tetradic

#86B8CD #BE86CD #CD9B86 #95CD86

square

#86B8CD #BE86CD #CD9B86 #95CD86

split-complementary

#86B8CD #CD8695 #CDBE86

monochromatic

#3F7F99 #5B9FBB #86B8CD #B1D1DF #DDEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#86B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#86B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #86B8CD

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##86B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##86B8CD	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DBEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #86b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.061 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abcddc',
    500: '#86b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #86b8cd;
$custom-light: #abcddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#86b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 41.52,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75471,
    "c": 0.06063,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#86B8CD

secondary

#E3D3CC

accent

#5831B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #86B8CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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