#86aac6

Color #86aac6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.73 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#86aac6

RGB

rgb(134, 170, 198)

HSL

hsl(206.3, 36%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.3, 32.3%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(67.94, -5.51, -18.25)

LCH

lch(67.94, 19.06, 253.2)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0568, 241.95)

HWB

hwb(206.3, 52.5%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6a286

Analogous

#86c6c2

#86aac6

#868ac6

Triadic

#86aac6

#c686aa

#aac686

Split-complementary

#86aac6

#c6868a

#c6c286

Tetradic

#86aac6

#a286c6

#c6a286

#aac686

Square

#86aac6

#c286c6

#c6a286

#8ac686

Shades

Color #86aac6 mixed toward black.

#6090b4

#477497

#355771

#233a4b

#121d26

Tints

Color #86aac6 mixed toward white.

#9ab8d0

#aec6d9

#c2d4e3

#d7e3ec

#ebf1f6

Tones

Color #86aac6 mixed toward gray.

#8ba9c1

#91a9bb

#96a8b6

#9ba7b1

#a1a7ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797c0 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#9592be · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#88bbb9 · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #86aac6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#86aac6]

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Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#86aac6 (#86aac6) is rgb(134, 170, 198) in RGB.

No, #86aac6 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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