#86a6ae

Color #86a6ae

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.65 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#86a6ae

RGB

rgb(134, 166, 174)

HSL

hsl(192, 19.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192, 23%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(23%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(66.06, -9.12, -7.75)

LCH

lch(66.06, 11.97, 220.36)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0371, 214.68)

HWB

hwb(192, 52.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae8e86

Analogous

#86aea2

#86a6ae

#8692ae

Triadic

#86a6ae

#ae86a6

#a6ae86

Split-complementary

#86a6ae

#ae8692

#aea286

Tetradic

#86a6ae

#8e86ae

#ae8e86

#a6ae86

Square

#86a6ae

#a286ae

#ae8e86

#92ae86

Shades

Color #86a6ae mixed toward black.

#678f99

#52737b

#3e565c

#29393e

#151d1f

Tints

Color #86a6ae mixed toward white.

#9ab5bc

#aec4c9

#c3d3d7

#d7e1e4

#ebf0f2

Tones

Color #86a6ae mixed toward gray.

#89a4ab

#8da2a7

#90a0a4

#939ea1

#979c9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595ac · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#9391ac · ΔE 18.4

Tritanopia

#88abaa · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #86a6ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#86a6ae]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#86a6ae (#86a6ae) is rgb(134, 166, 174) in RGB.

No, #86a6ae is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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