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#86abd0 color: Cotton Wool Blue

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210°
100%

OKLCH

72.7%
0.067
249°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 18%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.40:1 · Below AALc -52
Black text8.75:1 · AALc 57

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About #86abd0

#86abd0 is a dusty light blue color. In OKLCH it has 72.7% lightness, 0.067 chroma and a hue of 249°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.4:1 contrast and black text 8.75:1, 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: #86abd0 mixed with white

  1. 86abd0
  2. 92b3d5
  3. 9ebcda
  4. aac4de
  5. b6cce3
  6. c2d5e8
  7. cedded
  8. dae5f1
  9. e6eef6
  10. f3f6fa

Darker: #86abd0 mixed with black

  1. 86abd0
  2. 7494b5
  3. 627e9a
  4. 516880
  5. 405467
  6. 30404f
  7. 212d39
  8. 131b23
  9. 060b10
  10. 010102

Calmer: #86abd0 with less saturation

  1. 86abd0
  2. 8aabcc
  3. 8daac8
  4. 90aac4
  5. 94aac0
  6. 97a9bc
  7. 9aa9b8
  8. 9da8b3
  9. a1a8af
  10. a4a7ab