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#86aace color: Cotton Wool Blue

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210°
100%

OKLCH

72.4%
0.066
249°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.43:1 · Below AALc -53
Black text8.65:1 · AALc 56

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About #86aace

#86aace is a dusty light blue color. In OKLCH it has 72.4% lightness, 0.066 chroma and a hue of 249°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.43:1 contrast and black text 8.65:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Cotton Wool Blue (#83abd2). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light blue colors

Lighter: #86aace mixed with white

  1. 86aace
  2. 92b2d3
  3. 9ebbd8
  4. aac3dd
  5. b6cce2
  6. c2d4e7
  7. ceddec
  8. dae5f1
  9. e6eef5
  10. f3f6fa

Darker: #86aace mixed with black

  1. 86aace
  2. 7493b3
  3. 627d98
  4. 51687f
  5. 405366
  6. 303f4e
  7. 212d38
  8. 131b23
  9. 060b0f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #86aace with less saturation

  1. 86aace
  2. 89aaca
  3. 8da9c6
  4. 90a9c2
  5. 93a9be
  6. 97a8ba
  7. 9aa8b6
  8. 9da7b2
  9. a0a7ae
  10. a3a6aa