#86BDCD#86BDCD

#86BDCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.061 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#86BDCD
RGB	rgb(134, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -13.92, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 19.57, 224.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0486 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.061 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0449, 45.8691, 64.5420)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#86BDCD #CD9686

analogous

#86CDBA #86BDCD #869ACD

triadic

#86BDCD #CD86BD #BDCD86

tetradic

#86BDCD #BA86CD #CD9686 #9ACD86

square

#86BDCD #BA86CD #CD9686 #9ACD86

split-complementary

#86BDCD #CD869A #CDBA86

monochromatic

#3F8599 #5BA5BB #86BDCD #B1D5DF #DDECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#86BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#86BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #86BDCD

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##86BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##86BDCD	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CC3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #86bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.061 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd1dc',
    500: '#86bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #86bdcd;
$custom-light: #abd1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#86bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.521,
    "s": 41.52,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76579,
    "c": 0.06148,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#86BDCD

secondary

#E3D1CC

accent

#4F31B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #86BDCD

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

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