#87c9ce

Color #87c9ce

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 10.79 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#87c9ce

RGB

rgb(135, 201, 206)

HSL

hsl(184.2, 42%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.2, 34.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(76.91, -19.58, -9.15)

LCH

lch(76.91, 21.61, 205.05)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.0672, 201.94)

HWB

hwb(184.2, 52.9%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce8c87

Analogous

#87ceb0

#87c9ce

#87a6ce

Triadic

#87c9ce

#ce87c9

#c9ce87

Split-complementary

#87c9ce

#ce87a6

#ceb087

Tetradic

#87c9ce

#8c87ce

#ce8c87

#c9ce87

Square

#87c9ce

#b087ce

#ce8c87

#a6ce87

Shades

Color #87c9ce mixed toward black.

#5fb7be

#429ba1

#317479

#214d51

#102728

Tints

Color #87c9ce mixed toward white.

#9bd2d6

#afdbde

#c3e4e7

#d7edef

#ebf6f7

Tones

Color #87c9ce mixed toward gray.

#8dc4c8

#93bfc2

#99babc

#9fb5b6

#a5b0b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8cd · ΔE 24.8

Deuteranopia

#a49fcd · ΔE 26.6

Tritanopia

#8bcccc · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87c9ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87c9ce]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#87c9ce (#87c9ce) is rgb(135, 201, 206) in RGB.

No, #87c9ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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