#86BDEC#86BDEC

#86BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.089 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#86BDEC
RGB	rgb(134, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -5.84, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 29.56, 258.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0374 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.089 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1643, 47.5169, 86.2378)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#86BDEC #ECB586

analogous

#86ECE8 #86BDEC #868AEC

triadic

#86BDEC #EC86BD #BDEC86

tetradic

#86BDEC #E886EC #ECB586 #8AEC86

square

#86BDEC #E886EC #ECB586 #8AEC86

split-complementary

#86BDEC #EC868A #ECE886

monochromatic

#2283D6 #51A0E4 #86BDEC #BBDAF4 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#86BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#86BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #86BDEC

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##86BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##86BDEC	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #86bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.089 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add0f2',
    500: '#86bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #86bdec;
$custom-light: #add0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#86bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.647,
    "s": 72.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77768,
    "c": 0.08866,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#86BDEC

secondary

#F3E4D8

accent

#6B11D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #86BDEC

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

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