#87cebe

Color #87cebe

A moderately saturated light green.

Closest named color Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa · ΔE 14.75 Nearest Tailwind class teal-400 #00d5be · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#87cebe

RGB

rgb(135, 206, 190)

HSL

hsl(166.5, 42%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(166.5, 34.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 7.8%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(77.88, -25.78, 0.9)

LCH

lch(77.88, 25.8, 178)

OKLCH

oklch(80%, 0.0751, 178.47)

HWB

hwb(166.5, 52.9%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce8797

Analogous

#87ce9b

#87cebe

#87bbce

Triadic

#87cebe

#be87ce

#cebe87

Split-complementary

#87cebe

#ce87bb

#ce9b87

Tetradic

#87cebe

#8797ce

#ce8797

#cebe87

Square

#87cebe

#9b87ce

#ce8797

#bbce87

Shades

Color #87cebe mixed toward black.

#5fbea8

#42a18c

#317969

#215146

#102823

Tints

Color #87cebe mixed toward white.

#9bd6c9

#afded4

#c3e7df

#d7efe9

#ebf7f4

Tones

Color #87cebe mixed toward gray.

#8dc8bb

#93c2b8

#99bcb4

#9fb6b1

#a5b1ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababc2 · ΔE 26.7

Deuteranopia

#a6a1c3 · ΔE 29.8

Tritanopia

#8cc5c6 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87cebe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87cebe]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#87cebe (#87cebe) is rgb(135, 206, 190) in RGB.

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

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