#87a4af

Color #87a4af

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.2 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#87a4af

RGB

rgb(135, 164, 175)

HSL

hsl(196.5, 20%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.5, 22.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(65.59, -7.49, -9)

LCH

lch(65.59, 11.71, 230.23)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0359, 222.85)

HWB

hwb(196.5, 52.9%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af9287

Analogous

#87afa6

#87a4af

#8790af

Triadic

#87a4af

#af87a4

#a4af87

Split-complementary

#87a4af

#af8790

#afa687

Tetradic

#87a4af

#9287af

#af9287

#a4af87

Square

#87a4af

#a687af

#af9287

#90af87

Shades

Color #87a4af mixed toward black.

#688d9a

#53717c

#3e545d

#29383e

#151c1f

Tints

Color #87a4af mixed toward white.

#9bb3bc

#afc2ca

#c3d2d7

#d7e1e4

#ebf0f2

Tones

Color #87a4af mixed toward gray.

#8aa3ac

#8ea1a8

#91a0a5

#949ea2

#989d9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495ac · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#9390ac · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#89aaaa · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a4af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a4af]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#87a4af (#87a4af) is rgb(135, 164, 175) in RGB.

No, #87a4af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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