#86b3fa

Color #86b3fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.21 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#86b3fa

RGB

rgb(134, 179, 250)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 92.1%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 46.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(72.37, 3.54, -39.87)

LCH

lch(72.37, 40.03, 275.07)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.1136, 259.29)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 52.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#facd86

Analogous

#86edfa

#86b3fa

#9386fa

Triadic

#86b3fa

#fa86b3

#b3fa86

Split-complementary

#86b3fa

#fa9386

#edfa86

Tetradic

#86b3fa

#cd86fa

#facd86

#b3fa86

Square

#86b3fa

#fa86ed

#facd86

#86fa93

Shades

Color #86b3fa mixed toward black.

#498cf7

#0b66f5

#084cb8

#05337b

#03193d

Tints

Color #86b3fa mixed toward white.

#9ac0fb

#aeccfc

#c3d9fd

#d7e6fd

#ebf2fe

Tones

Color #86b3fa mixed toward gray.

#90b5f0

#99b7e7

#a3badd

#adbcd3

#b6beca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9ceb · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#9995e8 · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#89dfdc · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #86b3fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#86b3fa]

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

#86b3fa (#86b3fa) is rgb(134, 179, 250) in RGB.

No, #86b3fa 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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