#87c5bc

Color #87c5bc

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 14.67 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#87c5bc

RGB

rgb(135, 197, 188)

HSL

hsl(171.3, 34.8%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.3, 31.5%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(75.27, -21.77, -1.83)

LCH

lch(75.27, 21.85, 184.81)

OKLCH

oklch(77.9%, 0.0649, 184.68)

HWB

hwb(171.3, 52.9%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c58790

Analogous

#87c59d

#87c5bc

#87afc5

Triadic

#87c5bc

#bc87c5

#c5bc87

Split-complementary

#87c5bc

#c587af

#c59d87

Tetradic

#87c5bc

#8790c5

#c58790

#c5bc87

Square

#87c5bc

#9d87c5

#c58790

#afc587

Shades

Color #87c5bc mixed toward black.

#62b3a7

#48958a

#367068

#244b45

#122523

Tints

Color #87c5bc mixed toward white.

#9bcfc7

#afd8d2

#c3e2dd

#d7ece9

#ebf5f4

Tones

Color #87c5bc mixed toward gray.

#8cc0b8

#91bbb5

#97b5b1

#9cb0ad

#a1abaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6be · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#a29dbf · ΔE 28.3

Tritanopia

#8bc0c0 · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87c5bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87c5bc]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#87c5bc (#87c5bc) is rgb(135, 197, 188) in RGB.

No, #87c5bc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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