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#86abce color: Cotton Wool Blue

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209°
100%

OKLCH

72.7%
0.065
247°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.41:1 · Below AALc -52
Black text8.73:1 · AALc 57

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About #86abce

#86abce is a dusty light blue color. In OKLCH it has 72.7% lightness, 0.065 chroma and a hue of 247°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.41:1 contrast and black text 8.73:1, 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: #86abce mixed with white

  1. 86abce
  2. 92b3d3
  3. 9ebcd8
  4. aac4dd
  5. b6cce2
  6. c2d5e7
  7. ceddec
  8. dae5f1
  9. e6eef5
  10. f3f6fa

Darker: #86abce mixed with black

  1. 86abce
  2. 7494b3
  3. 627e98
  4. 51687f
  5. 405466
  6. 30404e
  7. 212d38
  8. 131b23
  9. 060b0f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #86abce with less saturation

  1. 86abce
  2. 8aabca
  3. 8daac6
  4. 90aac2
  5. 94a9be
  6. 97a9bb
  7. 9aa9b7
  8. 9da8b3
  9. a0a8af
  10. a3a7ab