#86b1ee

Color #86b1ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 16.08 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#86b1ee

RGB

rgb(134, 177, 238)

HSL

hsl(215.2, 75.4%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.2, 43.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(71.34, 1.27, -34.97)

LCH

lch(71.34, 34.99, 272.08)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.1, 257.17)

HWB

hwb(215.2, 52.5%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eec386

Analogous

#86e5ee

#86b1ee

#8f86ee

Triadic

#86b1ee

#ee86b1

#b1ee86

Split-complementary

#86b1ee

#ee8f86

#e5ee86

Tetradic

#86b1ee

#c386ee

#eec386

#b1ee86

Square

#86b1ee

#ee86e5

#eec386

#86ee8f

Shades

Color #86b1ee mixed toward black.

#4f8ee6

#1e6cd9

#1751a3

#0f366d

#081b36

Tints

Color #86b1ee mixed toward white.

#9abef1

#aecbf4

#c2d8f7

#d7e5f9

#ebf2fc

Tones

Color #86b1ee mixed toward gray.

#8eb2e5

#97b4dd

#a0b5d4

#a9b7cb

#b1b8c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9be1 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#9895de · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#89d6d4 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 19.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #86b1ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#86b1ee]

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

#86b1ee (#86b1ee) is rgb(134, 177, 238) in RGB.

No, #86b1ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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