#86b6ae

Color #86b6ae

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.56 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#86b6ae

RGB

rgb(134, 182, 174)

HSL

hsl(170, 24.7%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170, 26.4%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(70.58, -17.57, -1.08)

LCH

lch(70.58, 17.6, 183.52)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0522, 183.51)

HWB

hwb(170, 52.5%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6868e

Analogous

#86b696

#86b6ae

#86a6b6

Triadic

#86b6ae

#ae86b6

#b6ae86

Split-complementary

#86b6ae

#b686a6

#b69686

Tetradic

#86b6ae

#868eb6

#b6868e

#b6ae86

Square

#86b6ae

#9686b6

#b6868e

#a6b686

Shades

Color #86b6ae mixed toward black.

#65a298

#4f837b

#3c635c

#28423d

#14211f

Tints

Color #86b6ae mixed toward white.

#9ac2bc

#aecec9

#c3dbd7

#d7e7e4

#ebf3f2

Tones

Color #86b6ae mixed toward gray.

#8ab2ab

#8eaea9

#92aaa6

#96a6a3

#9aa2a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9eb0 · ΔE 21.7

Deuteranopia

#9a96b0 · ΔE 25.6

Tritanopia

#89b2b2 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #86b6ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#86b6ae]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#86b6ae (#86b6ae) is rgb(134, 182, 174) in RGB.

No, #86b6ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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