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#86D4EA

#86d4ea ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#86d4ea is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.55% red, 83.14% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.74% cyan, 9.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 193.2°, with 70.42% saturation and 72.16% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 3.24.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.581

Complementary

  1. #86d4ea
  2. #ea9c86

Split complementary

  1. #86d4ea
  2. #ea86a2
  3. #eace86

Analogous

  1. #86eace
  2. #86d4ea
  3. #86a2ea

Triadic

  1. #86d4ea
  2. #ea86d4
  3. #d4ea86

Tetradic

  1. #86d4ea
  2. #9c86ea
  3. #ea9c86
  4. #d4ea86

Square

  1. #86d4ea
  2. #ce86ea
  3. #ea9c86
  4. #a2ea86

Monochromatic

  1. #2096b7
  2. #45bddf
  3. #86d4ea
  4. #c7ebf5
  5. #eef9fc

Shades

#86d4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #86d4ea
  2. #79bfd3
  3. #6baabb
  4. #5e94a4
  5. #507f8c
  6. #436a75
  7. #36555e
  8. #284046
  9. #1b2a2f
  10. #0d1517
  11. #000000

Tints

#86d4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #86d4ea
  2. #92d8ec
  3. #9eddee
  4. #aae1f0
  5. #b6e5f2
  6. #c3eaf5
  7. #cfeef7
  8. #dbf2f9
  9. #e7f6fb
  10. #f3fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#86d4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #86d4ea
  2. #85ccdf
  3. #85c3d5
  4. #84bbca
  5. #84b2c0
  6. #83aab5
  7. #82a2aa
  8. #8299a0
  9. #819195
  10. #81888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2cdd7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5cfeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6c3ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5adcdb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0d1eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5caea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6ed9e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-86d4ea {
  color: #86d4ea;
}
Background
.bg-86d4ea {
  background-color: #86d4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-86d4ea {
  border: 2px solid #86d4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #86d4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 212 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 70% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-86d4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #86d4ea, #86a2ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-86d4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 212 234 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 3.24 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 4.15 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.46 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.03 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.21 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.53 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.03 #792b15 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#86d4ea  rgb(134, 212, 234)  hsl(193, 70%, 72%)  Sky Blue
#ea9c86  rgb(234, 156, 134)  hsl(13, 70%, 72%)  Dark Salmon
#ea86d4  rgb(234, 134, 212)  hsl(313, 70%, 72%)  Violet
#d4ea86  rgb(212, 234, 134)  hsl(73, 70%, 72%)  June Bud