#87a59f

Color #87a59f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.57 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#87a59f

RGB

rgb(135, 165, 159)

HSL

hsl(168, 14.3%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168, 18.2%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.2%, 0%, 3.6%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(65.41, -11.59, -0.33)

LCH

lch(65.41, 11.59, 181.63)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0343, 181.84)

HWB

hwb(168, 52.9%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5878d

Analogous

#87a590

#87a59f

#879ca5

Triadic

#87a59f

#9f87a5

#a59f87

Split-complementary

#87a59f

#a5879c

#a59087

Tetradic

#87a59f

#878da5

#a5878d

#a59f87

Square

#87a59f

#9087a5

#a5878d

#9ca587

Shades

Color #87a59f mixed toward black.

#6b8f88

#56726d

#405651

#2b3936

#151d1b

Tints

Color #87a59f mixed toward white.

#9bb4af

#afc3bf

#c3d2cf

#d7e1df

#ebf0ef

Tones

Color #87a59f mixed toward gray.

#89a29d

#8ca09c

#8e9d9a

#919b99

#939897

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595a0 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#9391a1 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#89a2a2 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a59f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a59f]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Frequently asked questions

#87a59f (#87a59f) is rgb(135, 165, 159) in RGB.

No, #87a59f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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