#87afb7

Color #87afb7

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.3 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#87afb7

RGB

rgb(135, 175, 183)

HSL

hsl(190, 25%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190, 26.2%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(68.92, -11.55, -8.49)

LCH

lch(68.92, 14.33, 216.32)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0446, 211.23)

HWB

hwb(190, 52.9%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b78f87

Analogous

#87b7a7

#87afb7

#8797b7

Triadic

#87afb7

#b787af

#afb787

Split-complementary

#87afb7

#b78797

#b7a787

Tetradic

#87afb7

#8f87b7

#b78f87

#afb787

Square

#87afb7

#a787b7

#b78f87

#97b787

Shades

Color #87afb7 mixed toward black.

#6699a3

#507c85

#3c5d63

#283e42

#141f21

Tints

Color #87afb7 mixed toward white.

#9bbcc3

#afcacf

#c3d7db

#d7e4e7

#ebf2f3

Tones

Color #87afb7 mixed toward gray.

#8bacb3

#8faaaf

#93a7ab

#97a4a7

#9ba2a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ab5 · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#9894b5 · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#89b4b3 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 13.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87afb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87afb7]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#87afb7 (#87afb7) is rgb(135, 175, 183) in RGB.

No, #87afb7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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