#87a6ad

Color #87a6ad

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.73 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#87a6ad

RGB

rgb(135, 166, 173)

HSL

hsl(191.1, 18.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.1, 22%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(22%, 4%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(66.09, -9.04, -7.14)

LCH

lch(66.09, 11.52, 218.3)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0356, 212.98)

HWB

hwb(191.1, 52.9%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad8e87

Analogous

#87ada1

#87a6ad

#8793ad

Triadic

#87a6ad

#ad87a6

#a6ad87

Split-complementary

#87a6ad

#ad8793

#ada187

Tetradic

#87a6ad

#8e87ad

#ad8e87

#a6ad87

Square

#87a6ad

#a187ad

#ad8e87

#93ad87

Shades

Color #87a6ad mixed toward black.

#698f98

#53737a

#3f565b

#2a393d

#151d1e

Tints

Color #87a6ad mixed toward white.

#9bb5bb

#afc4c8

#c3d2d6

#d7e1e4

#ebf0f1

Tones

Color #87a6ad mixed toward gray.

#8aa4aa

#8da2a7

#91a0a4

#949ea0

#979c9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596ab · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#9491ab · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#89aaaa · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a6ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a6ad]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#87a6ad (#87a6ad) is rgb(135, 166, 173) in RGB.

No, #87a6ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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