#86afe8

Color #86afe8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 15.39 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#86afe8

RGB

rgb(134, 175, 232)

HSL

hsl(214.9, 68.1%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.9, 42.2%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.2%, 24.6%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(70.56, 0.72, -32.91)

LCH

lch(70.56, 32.92, 271.25)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0941, 256.73)

HWB

hwb(214.9, 52.5%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8bf86

Analogous

#86e0e8

#86afe8

#8e86e8

Triadic

#86afe8

#e886af

#afe886

Split-complementary

#86afe8

#e88e86

#e0e886

Tetradic

#86afe8

#bf86e8

#e8bf86

#afe886

Square

#86afe8

#e886e0

#e8bf86

#86e88e

Shades

Color #86afe8 mixed toward black.

#538dde

#276ccd

#1d519a

#133667

#0a1b33

Tints

Color #86afe8 mixed toward white.

#9abcec

#aecaf0

#c3d7f4

#d7e4f7

#ebf2fb

Tones

Color #86afe8 mixed toward gray.

#8eb0e0

#96b2d8

#9fb3d0

#a7b4c7

#afb6bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999adc · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#9794d9 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#88d2cf · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #86afe8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#86afe8]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#86afe8 (#86afe8) is rgb(134, 175, 232) in RGB.

No, #86afe8 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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