#87afab

Color #87afab

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.48 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#87afab

RGB

rgb(135, 175, 171)

HSL

hsl(174, 20%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174, 22.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.57, -14.28, -2.36)

LCH

lch(68.57, 14.47, 189.38)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0435, 188.73)

HWB

hwb(174, 52.9%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af878b

Analogous

#87af97

#87afab

#879faf

Triadic

#87afab

#ab87af

#afab87

Split-complementary

#87afab

#af879f

#af9787

Tetradic

#87afab

#878baf

#af878b

#afab87

Square

#87afab

#9787af

#af878b

#9faf87

Shades

Color #87afab mixed toward black.

#689a95

#537c78

#3e5d5a

#293e3c

#151f1e

Tints

Color #87afab mixed toward white.

#9bbcb9

#afcac7

#c3d7d5

#d7e4e3

#ebf2f1

Tones

Color #87afab mixed toward gray.

#8aaca8

#8ea8a6

#91a5a3

#94a2a0

#989e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aac · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#9894ac · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#89adad · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87afab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87afab]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#87afab (#87afab) is rgb(135, 175, 171) in RGB.

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

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