#87b8ce

Color #87b8ce

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 9.57 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#87b8ce

RGB

rgb(135, 184, 206)

HSL

hsl(198.6, 42%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.6, 34.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(72.15, -10.76, -16.27)

LCH

lch(72.15, 19.51, 236.52)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0605, 227.48)

HWB

hwb(198.6, 52.9%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce9d87

Analogous

#87cec1

#87b8ce

#8795ce

Triadic

#87b8ce

#ce87b8

#b8ce87

Split-complementary

#87b8ce

#ce8795

#cec187

Tetradic

#87b8ce

#9d87ce

#ce9d87

#b8ce87

Square

#87b8ce

#c187ce

#ce9d87

#95ce87

Shades

Color #87b8ce mixed toward black.

#5fa0be

#4284a1

#316379

#214251

#102128

Tints

Color #87b8ce mixed toward white.

#9bc4d6

#afd0de

#c3dce7

#d7e7ef

#ebf3f7

Tones

Color #87b8ce mixed toward gray.

#8db6c8

#93b4c2

#99b1bc

#9fafb6

#a5adb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fc9 · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#9c98c8 · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#8ac5c4 · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87b8ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87b8ce]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#87b8ce (#87b8ce) is rgb(135, 184, 206) in RGB.

No, #87b8ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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