#87a6aa

Color #87a6aa

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.23 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#87a6aa

RGB

rgb(135, 166, 170)

HSL

hsl(186.9, 17.1%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.9, 20.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(66, -9.72, -5.6)

LCH

lch(66, 11.22, 209.95)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.0346, 206.05)

HWB

hwb(186.9, 52.9%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa8b87

Analogous

#87aa9d

#87a6aa

#8794aa

Triadic

#87a6aa

#aa87a6

#a6aa87

Split-complementary

#87a6aa

#aa8794

#aa9d87

Tetradic

#87a6aa

#8b87aa

#aa8b87

#a6aa87

Square

#87a6aa

#9d87aa

#aa8b87

#94aa87

Shades

Color #87a6aa mixed toward black.

#699095

#547377

#3f5659

#2a3a3c

#151d1e

Tints

Color #87a6aa mixed toward white.

#9bb5b8

#afc4c6

#c3d2d5

#d7e1e3

#ebf0f1

Tones

Color #87a6aa mixed toward gray.

#8aa4a7

#8da1a4

#909fa1

#939d9e

#969b9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596a9 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#9491a9 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#89a8a8 · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a6aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a6aa]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#87a6aa (#87a6aa) is rgb(135, 166, 170) in RGB.

No, #87a6aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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