#86b1c6

Color #86b1c6

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.73 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#86b1c6

RGB

rgb(134, 177, 198)

HSL

hsl(199.7, 36%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.7, 32.3%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(69.89, -9.3, -15.31)

LCH

lch(69.89, 17.91, 238.72)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0552, 229.41)

HWB

hwb(199.7, 52.5%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c69b86

Analogous

#86c6bb

#86b1c6

#8691c6

Triadic

#86b1c6

#c686b1

#b1c686

Split-complementary

#86b1c6

#c68691

#c6bb86

Tetradic

#86b1c6

#9b86c6

#c69b86

#b1c686

Square

#86b1c6

#bb86c6

#c69b86

#91c686

Shades

Color #86b1c6 mixed toward black.

#6099b4

#477c97

#355d71

#233e4b

#121f26

Tints

Color #86b1c6 mixed toward white.

#9abed0

#aecbd9

#c2d8e3

#d7e5ec

#ebf2f6

Tones

Color #86b1c6 mixed toward gray.

#8bafc1

#91adbb

#96acb6

#9baab1

#a1a8ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bc1 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#9895c0 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#89bdbc · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #86b1c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#86b1c6]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#86b1c6 (#86b1c6) is rgb(134, 177, 198) in RGB.

No, #86b1c6 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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