#86a8e7

Color #86a8e7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.26 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#86a8e7

RGB

rgb(134, 168, 231)

HSL

hsl(219, 66.9%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219, 42%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(42%, 27.3%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(68.64, 4.35, -35.35)

LCH

lch(68.64, 35.62, 277.02)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0995, 262.32)

HWB

hwb(219, 52.5%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7c586

Analogous

#86d8e7

#86a8e7

#9586e7

Triadic

#86a8e7

#e786a8

#a8e786

Split-complementary

#86a8e7

#e79586

#d8e786

Tetradic

#86a8e7

#c586e7

#e7c586

#a8e786

Square

#86a8e7

#e786d8

#e7c586

#86e795

Shades

Color #86a8e7 mixed toward black.

#5384dd

#2861cb

#1e4998

#143166

#0a1833

Tints

Color #86a8e7 mixed toward white.

#9ab7eb

#aec5ef

#c3d4f3

#d7e2f7

#ebf1fb

Tones

Color #86a8e7 mixed toward gray.

#8eaadf

#96add7

#9eafcf

#a6b2c7

#afb4bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696da · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#9491d7 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#88cfcc · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #86a8e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#86a8e7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#86a8e7 (#86a8e7) is rgb(134, 168, 231) in RGB.

No, #86a8e7 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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