#87bed7

Color #87bed7

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 6.75 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#87bed7

RGB

rgb(135, 190, 215)

HSL

hsl(198.8, 50%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.8, 37.2%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(74.11, -11.66, -18.21)

LCH

lch(74.11, 21.62, 237.37)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.0674, 228.01)

HWB

hwb(198.8, 52.9%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7a087

Analogous

#87d7c8

#87bed7

#8796d7

Triadic

#87bed7

#d787be

#bed787

Split-complementary

#87bed7

#d78796

#d7c887

Tetradic

#87bed7

#a087d7

#d7a087

#bed787

Square

#87bed7

#c887d7

#d7a087

#96d787

Shades

Color #87bed7 mixed toward black.

#5ba6c8

#3a8aaf

#2c6883

#1d4557

#0f232c

Tints

Color #87bed7 mixed toward white.

#9bc9de

#afd4e4

#c3deeb

#d7e9f2

#ebf4f8

Tones

Color #87bed7 mixed toward gray.

#8ebbd0

#94b9ca

#9bb6c3

#a2b4bc

#a8b1b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2d1 · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#9f9ad0 · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#8acdcc · ΔE 11.6

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87bed7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87bed7]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#87bed7 (#87bed7) is rgb(135, 190, 215) in RGB.

No, #87bed7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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