#86C5CE#86C5CE

#86C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.065 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#86C5CE
RGB	rgb(134, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(188, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -17.81, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 20.88, 211.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0582 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.065 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9345, 49.4546, 65.7693)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#86C5CE #CE8F86

analogous

#86CEB3 #86C5CE #86A1CE

triadic

#86C5CE #CE86C5 #C5CE86

tetradic

#86C5CE #B386CE #CE8F86 #A1CE86

square

#86C5CE #B386CE #CE8F86 #A1CE86

split-complementary

#86C5CE #CE86A1 #CEB386

monochromatic

#3F8F9B #5AB0BC #86C5CE #B2DAE0 #DDEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#86C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#86C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #86C5CE

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##86C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##86C5CE	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BCAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #86c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.065 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd6dd',
    500: '#86c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #86c5ce;
$custom-light: #acd6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#86c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 42.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78399,
    "c": 0.0654,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#86C5CE

secondary

#E3CFCC

accent

#4130B5

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #86C5CE

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

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