#86b4bc

Color #86b4bc

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.35 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#86b4bc

RGB

rgb(134, 180, 188)

HSL

hsl(188.9, 28.7%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.9, 28.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(70.41, -13.32, -9.02)

LCH

lch(70.41, 16.09, 214.1)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0501, 209.38)

HWB

hwb(188.9, 52.5%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc8e86

Analogous

#86bca9

#86b4bc

#8699bc

Triadic

#86b4bc

#bc86b4

#b4bc86

Split-complementary

#86b4bc

#bc8699

#bca986

Tetradic

#86b4bc

#8e86bc

#bc8e86

#b4bc86

Square

#86b4bc

#a986bc

#bc8e86

#99bc86

Shades

Color #86b4bc mixed toward black.

#639ea9

#4c818a

#396168

#264045

#132023

Tints

Color #86b4bc mixed toward white.

#9ac0c7

#aecdd2

#c2d9dd

#d7e6e9

#ebf2f4

Tones

Color #86b4bc mixed toward gray.

#8ab1b7

#8faeb3

#93aaae

#98a7aa

#9ca4a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cba · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#9996ba · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#89b9b8 · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #86b4bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#86b4bc]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#86b4bc (#86b4bc) is rgb(134, 180, 188) in RGB.

No, #86b4bc 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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