#86BCAC#86BCAC

#86BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.061 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#86BCAC
RGB	rgb(134, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(162, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(162, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -21.07, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 21.21, 173.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0608 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.061 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2587, 44.0116, 45.6590)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#86BCAC #BC8696

analogous

#86BC91 #86BCAC #86B1BC

triadic

#86BCAC #AC86BC #BCAC86

tetradic

#86BCAC #9186BC #BC8696 #B1BC86

square

#86BCAC #9186BC #BC8696 #B1BC86

split-complementary

#86BCAC #BC86B1 #BC9186

monochromatic

#47806F #5FA691 #86BCAC #ADD2C7 #D5E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#86BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#86BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #86BCAC

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##86BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##86BCAC	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #86bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.061 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0c4',
    500: '#86bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #86bcac;
$custom-light: #aad0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#86bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.222,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75291,
    "c": 0.06114,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#86BCAC

secondary

#D9C5CB

accent

#3E5DA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #86BCAC

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

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