#87a5ad

Color #87a5ad

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.88 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#87a5ad

RGB

rgb(135, 165, 173)

HSL

hsl(192.6, 18.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.6, 22%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(22%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(65.81, -8.5, -7.56)

LCH

lch(65.81, 11.38, 221.65)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.0351, 215.73)

HWB

hwb(192.6, 52.9%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad8f87

Analogous

#87ada2

#87a5ad

#8792ad

Triadic

#87a5ad

#ad87a5

#a5ad87

Split-complementary

#87a5ad

#ad8792

#ada287

Tetradic

#87a5ad

#8f87ad

#ad8f87

#a5ad87

Square

#87a5ad

#a287ad

#ad8f87

#92ad87

Shades

Color #87a5ad mixed toward black.

#698e98

#53727a

#3f555b

#2a393d

#151c1e

Tints

Color #87a5ad mixed toward white.

#9bb4bb

#afc3c8

#c3d2d6

#d7e1e4

#ebf0f1

Tones

Color #87a5ad mixed toward gray.

#8aa3aa

#8da1a7

#91a0a4

#949ea0

#979c9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595ab · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#9391ab · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#89aaa9 · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a5ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a5ad]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Frequently asked questions

#87a5ad (#87a5ad) is rgb(135, 165, 173) in RGB.

No, #87a5ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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