Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Tourmaline

Tourmaline is a muted cyan color with HEX #86A1A9. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 134, 161, 169, HSL 194, 17%, 59%, cool temperature, and is useful for jewel tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents.

#86A1A9 cyan cool muted
HEX #86A1A9
RGB rgb(134, 161, 169)
HSL hsl(194 17% 59%)
CMYK cmyk(21, 5, 0, 34)
Luminance 0.3342
Contrast Black 7.68:1White 2.73:1

CSS Utilities

--color-tourmaline: #86A1A9;
.bg-tourmaline { background-color: #86A1A9; }
.text-tourmaline { color: #86A1A9; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.3342
Black text7.68:1AA Pass
White text2.73:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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WCAG
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Harmonies
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Variants
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Pairings
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Knowledge graph
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Full JSON dataset 
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Color meaning and use

About Tourmaline Color

Tourmaline sits in the cyan family with cool temperature and muted visual character. Tourmaline is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include depth, richness, and prestige, which makes it relevant for luxury and fashion. In design work, Tourmaline is most useful for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Cyan color familyBrowse named cyan colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Muted colorsFind colors with muted visual character.Tourmaline accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #86A1A9.Tourmaline CSS utilitiesUse Tourmaline in CSS variables and utility classes.#86A1A9 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Tourmaline paletteOpen the generated palette based on Tourmaline.Tourmaline harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Tourmaline against black and white text.

Black text7.68:1AA Pass
White text2.73:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
AAA text options#000000
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Cadet Gray#91A3B0
Cool Gray#8C92AC
Pewter#899499
Soapstone#8D9A91
Light Slate Gray#778899

Color Harmonies

#A88D85#A88D85
#85A89F#85A89F
#858EA8#858EA8
#A885A0#A885A0
#A0A885#A0A885
Open full Tourmaline harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#BACACE#BACACE
#57727A#57727A
#6EACBF#6EACBF
#969696#969696
#D5D7D7#D5D7D7
#57D8FF#57D8FF

Pairings

Black#000000
#A88D85#A88D85
#85A89F#85A89F
#858EA8#858EA8
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5