#86C8DC#86C8DC

#86C8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.072 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#86C8DC
RGB	rgb(134, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(194, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -15.86, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 22.93, 226.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0564 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.072 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3996, 51.5414, 75.3579)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#86C8DC #DC9A86

analogous

#86DCC5 #86C8DC #869DDC

triadic

#86C8DC #DC86C8 #C8DC86

tetradic

#86C8DC #C586DC #DC9A86 #9DDC86

square

#86C8DC #C586DC #DC9A86 #9DDC86

split-complementary

#86C8DC #DC869D #DCC586

monochromatic

#3496B4 #57B2CE #86C8DC #B5DEEA #E5F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#86C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#86C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #86C8DC

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##86C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##86C8DC	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #86c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.072 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add8e6',
    500: '#86c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #86c8dc;
$custom-light: #add8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#86c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.953,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79556,
    "c": 0.07247,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#86C8DC

secondary

#B36A53

accent

#4823C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #86C8DC

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

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