#86aae3

Color #86aae3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 17.3 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#86aae3

RGB

rgb(134, 170, 227)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 62.4%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 41%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(69.01, 2.13, -32.57)

LCH

lch(69.01, 32.64, 273.74)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0923, 259.38)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 52.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3bf86

Analogous

#86d8e3

#86aae3

#9186e3

Triadic

#86aae3

#e386aa

#aae386

Split-complementary

#86aae3

#e39186

#d8e386

Tetradic

#86aae3

#bf86e3

#e3bf86

#aae386

Square

#86aae3

#e386d8

#e3bf86

#86e391

Shades

Color #86aae3 mixed toward black.

#5588d8

#2d67c3

#224e93

#173462

#0b1a31

Tints

Color #86aae3 mixed toward white.

#9ab8e8

#aec6ec

#c3d5f1

#d7e3f6

#ebf1fa

Tones

Color #86aae3 mixed toward gray.

#8eacdb

#96aed4

#9dafcc

#a5b1c4

#adb3bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797d7 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#9592d4 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#88cdcb · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #86aae3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#86aae3]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#86aae3 (#86aae3) is rgb(134, 170, 227) in RGB.

No, #86aae3 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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