#87a1b2

Color #87a1b2

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.42 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#87a1b2

RGB

rgb(135, 161, 178)

HSL

hsl(203.7, 21.8%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.7, 24.2%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(64.85, -5.16, -11.79)

LCH

lch(64.85, 12.87, 246.36)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0384, 236.81)

HWB

hwb(203.7, 52.9%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b29887

Analogous

#87b2ae

#87a1b2

#878cb2

Triadic

#87a1b2

#b287a1

#a1b287

Split-complementary

#87a1b2

#b2878c

#b2ae87

Tetradic

#87a1b2

#9887b2

#b29887

#a1b287

Square

#87a1b2

#ae87b2

#b29887

#8cb287

Shades

Color #87a1b2 mixed toward black.

#67889e

#526d7f

#3d525f

#293740

#141b20

Tints

Color #87a1b2 mixed toward white.

#9bb1bf

#afc0cc

#c3d0d9

#d7e0e5

#ebeff2

Tones

Color #87a1b2 mixed toward gray.

#8ba0ae

#8ea0ab

#929fa7

#959ea4

#999da0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393ae · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#918fad · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#88abaa · ΔE 10

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a1b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a1b2]

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Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#87a1b2 (#87a1b2) is rgb(135, 161, 178) in RGB.

No, #87a1b2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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