#87b5ca

Color #87b5ca

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.92 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#87b5ca

RGB

rgb(135, 181, 202)

HSL

hsl(198.8, 38.7%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.8, 33.2%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.2%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(71.19, -10.16, -15.54)

LCH

lch(71.19, 18.57, 236.82)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0575, 227.82)

HWB

hwb(198.8, 52.9%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca9c87

Analogous

#87cabe

#87b5ca

#8794ca

Triadic

#87b5ca

#ca87b5

#b5ca87

Split-complementary

#87b5ca

#ca8794

#cabe87

Tetradic

#87b5ca

#9c87ca

#ca9c87

#b5ca87

Square

#87b5ca

#be87ca

#ca9c87

#94ca87

Shades

Color #87b5ca mixed toward black.

#609db9

#45819c

#346075

#22404e

#112027

Tints

Color #87b5ca mixed toward white.

#9bc1d3

#afcedc

#c3dae5

#d7e6ed

#ebf3f6

Tones

Color #87b5ca mixed toward gray.

#8db3c4

#92b1bf

#98afb9

#9dadb4

#a3abae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dc5 · ΔE 18.5

Deuteranopia

#9a97c4 · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#8ac1c0 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 14.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #87b5ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87b5ca]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#87b5ca (#87b5ca) is rgb(135, 181, 202) in RGB.

No, #87b5ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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