#86CDEC#86CDEC

#86CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.083 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#86CDEC
RGB	rgb(134, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -14.30, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 26.46, 237.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0564 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.083 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7978, 54.7838, 87.4489)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#86CDEC #ECA586

analogous

#86ECD8 #86CDEC #869AEC

triadic

#86CDEC #EC86CD #CDEC86

tetradic

#86CDEC #D886EC #ECA586 #9AEC86

square

#86CDEC #D886EC #ECA586 #9AEC86

split-complementary

#86CDEC #EC869A #ECD886

monochromatic

#229FD6 #51B7E4 #86CDEC #BBE3F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#86CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#86CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #86CDEC

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##86CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##86CDEC	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AD6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #86cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.083 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedcf2',
    500: '#86cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #86cdec;
$custom-light: #aedcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#86cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.235,
    "s": 72.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81249,
    "c": 0.08342,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#86CDEC

secondary

#C67450

accent

#4C11D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #86CDEC

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

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