#87a9af

Color #87a9af

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.15 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#87a9af

RGB

rgb(135, 169, 175)

HSL

hsl(189, 20%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189, 22.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(66.99, -10.19, -6.91)

LCH

lch(66.99, 12.31, 214.14)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0382, 209.52)

HWB

hwb(189, 52.9%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af8d87

Analogous

#87afa1

#87a9af

#8795af

Triadic

#87a9af

#af87a9

#a9af87

Split-complementary

#87a9af

#af8795

#afa187

Tetradic

#87a9af

#8d87af

#af8d87

#a9af87

Square

#87a9af

#a187af

#af8d87

#95af87

Shades

Color #87a9af mixed toward black.

#68939a

#53767c

#3e585d

#293b3e

#151d1f

Tints

Color #87a9af mixed toward white.

#9bb7bc

#afc6ca

#c3d4d7

#d7e2e4

#ebf1f2

Tones

Color #87a9af mixed toward gray.

#8aa7ac

#8ea4a8

#91a2a5

#94a0a2

#989d9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797ae · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#9592ad · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#89acac · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a9af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a9af]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#87a9af (#87a9af) is rgb(135, 169, 175) in RGB.

No, #87a9af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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