HEX atlas value

#86A1A9

#86A1A9 is a cool cyan HEX color nearest Tourmaline. RGB 134, 161, 169, HSL 194° 17% 59%, luminance 0.3342; view contrast and conversions.

cyan cool muted

#86A1A9 Sample readable text

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

--color-86a1a9: #86A1A9;
.background-86a1a9 { background-color: #86A1A9; }
.text-86a1a9 { color: #86A1A9; }

HEX meaning and use

About #86A1A9

#86A1A9 is classified as a cool cyan value with muted visual character. #86A1A9 is visually closest to Tourmaline, a named cyan color with HEX #86A1A9.

The RGB channels are 134, 161, and 169, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 194deg with 17% saturation and 59% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.3342, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text7.68:1AA Pass

White text2.73:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #86A1A9 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000007.68:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.73:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#BACACE#BACACE · #000000 text · best 12.43:1 #6EACBF#6EACBF · #000000 text · best 8.32:1 #85A89F#85A89F · #000000 text · best 8.1:1 Cadet Gray#91A3B0 · #000000 text · best 8.07:1 Soapstone#8D9A91 · #000000 text · best 7.16:1

Generated Palette

Tourmaline#86A1A9

#A88D85#A88D85

#85A89F#85A89F

#858EA8#858EA8

#BACACE#BACACE

#57727A#57727A

Color Harmonies

#A88D85#A88D85

#85A89F#85A89F

#858EA8#858EA8

#A885A0#A885A0

#A0A885#A0A885

Variants

#BACACE#BACACE

#57727A#57727A

#6EACBF#6EACBF

#969696#969696

#D5D7D7#D5D7D7

#57D8FF#57D8FF

Nearest Named Colors

Tourmaline#86A1A9

Cadet Gray#91A3B0

Cool Gray#8C92AC

Pewter#899499

Soapstone#8D9A91

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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#86A1A9","rgb":[134,161,169],"hsl":[194,17,59],"cmyk":[21,5,0,34],"luminance":0.3342,"contrast":{"black":7.68,"white":2.73}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":7.68,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.73,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#BACACE","hex":"#BACACE","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.43,"contrastWhite":1.69,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#6EACBF","hex":"#6EACBF","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.32,"contrastWhite":2.53,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#85A89F","hex":"#85A89F","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.1,"contrastWhite":2.59,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Cadet Gray","hex":"#91A3B0","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.07,"contrastWhite":2.6,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Soapstone","hex":"#8D9A91","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.16,"contrastWhite":2.93,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool cyan","muted","muted cyan","Tourmaline adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/86a1a9.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tourmaline.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cadet-gray.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cool-gray.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#A88D85","analogous":["#85A89F","#858EA8"],"triadic":["#A885A0","#A0A885"],"tetradic":["#9F85A8","#A88D85","#8EA885"],"splitComplementary":["#A8858E","#A89F85"],"monochromatic":["#BACACE","#86A1A9","#57727A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#BACACE","dark":"#57727A","saturated":"#6EACBF","desaturated":"#969696","pastel":"#D5D7D7","neon":"#57D8FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"tourmaline","name":"Tourmaline","hex":"#86A1A9","distance":0},{"slug":"cadet-gray","name":"Cadet Gray","hex":"#91A3B0","distance":13.19090595827292},{"slug":"cool-gray","name":"Cool Gray","hex":"#8C92AC","distance":16.431676725154983},{"slug":"pewter","name":"Pewter","hex":"#899499","distance":20.83266665599966},{"slug":"soapstone","name":"Soapstone","hex":"#8D9A91","distance":25.96150997149434}]

#86A1A9

CSS

About #86A1A9

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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