#86CDEB#86CDEB

#86CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.083 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#86CDEB
RGB	rgb(134, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -14.57, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 26.20, 236.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0568 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.083 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6529, 54.7259, 86.6859)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#86CDEB #EBA486

analogous

#86EBD7 #86CDEB #869AEB

triadic

#86CDEB #EB86CD #CDEB86

tetradic

#86CDEB #D786EB #EBA486 #9AEB86

square

#86CDEB #D786EB #EBA486 #9AEB86

split-complementary

#86CDEB #EB869A #EBD786

monochromatic

#239FD4 #51B7E2 #86CDEB #BBE3F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#86CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#86CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #86CDEB

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##86CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##86CDEB	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BD6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #86cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.083 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedcf1',
    500: '#86cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #86cdeb;
$custom-light: #aedcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#86cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.822,
    "s": 71.631,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81211,
    "c": 0.08268,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#86CDEB

secondary

#C57350

accent

#4B12D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #86CDEB

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

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