#86CAEE#86CAEE

#86CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.085 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#86CAEE
RGB	rgb(134, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -12.21, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 27.36, 243.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0522 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.085 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3793, 53.4792, 88.7509)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#86CAEE #EEAA86

analogous

#86EEDE #86CAEE #8696EE

triadic

#86CAEE #EE86CA #CAEE86

tetradic

#86CAEE #DE86EE #EEAA86 #96EE86

square

#86CAEE #DE86EE #EEAA86 #96EE86

split-complementary

#86CAEE #EE8696 #EEDE86

monochromatic

#1F9ADB #50B2E6 #86CAEE #BCE2F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#86CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#86CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #86CAEE

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##86CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##86CAEE	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AD4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #86caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.085 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedaf3',
    500: '#86caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #86caee;
$custom-light: #aedaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#86caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 75.362,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80669,
    "c": 0.08547,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#86CAEE

secondary

#C9794F

accent

#540ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #86CAEE

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

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