#86BCAE#86BCAE

#86BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.060 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#86BCAE
RGB	rgb(134, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(164, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(164, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -20.63, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 20.68, 176.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.06 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.06 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4522, 44.0890, 46.6782)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#86BCAE #BC8694

analogous

#86BC93 #86BCAE #86AFBC

triadic

#86BCAE #AE86BC #BCAE86

tetradic

#86BCAE #9386BC #BC8694 #AFBC86

square

#86BCAE #9386BC #BC8694 #AFBC86

split-complementary

#86BCAE #BC86AF #BC9386

monochromatic

#478072 #5FA694 #86BCAE #ADD2C8 #D5E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#86BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#86BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #86BCAE

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##86BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##86BCAE	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #86bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.060 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0c6',
    500: '#86bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #86bcae;
$custom-light: #aad0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#86bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.444,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75349,
    "c": 0.06007,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#86BCAE

secondary

#D9C5CA

accent

#3E59A7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #86BCAE

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

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