#87d5ce

Color #87d5ce

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 11.65 Nearest Tailwind class teal-200 #96f7e4 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#87d5ce

RGB

rgb(135, 213, 206)

HSL

hsl(174.6, 48.1%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.6, 36.6%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(80.29, -25.56, -4.14)

LCH

lch(80.29, 25.89, 189.2)

OKLCH

oklch(82.1%, 0.0778, 188.51)

HWB

hwb(174.6, 52.9%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5878e

Analogous

#87d5a7

#87d5ce

#87b5d5

Triadic

#87d5ce

#ce87d5

#d5ce87

Split-complementary

#87d5ce

#d587b5

#d5a787

Tetradic

#87d5ce

#878ed5

#d5878e

#d5ce87

Square

#87d5ce

#a787d5

#d5878e

#b5d587

Shades

Color #87d5ce mixed toward black.

#5cc6bc

#3caca2

#2d8179

#1e5651

#0f2b28

Tints

Color #87d5ce mixed toward white.

#9bdcd6

#afe3de

#c3eae6

#d7f1ef

#ebf8f7

Tones

Color #87d5ce mixed toward gray.

#8dcec9

#94c8c3

#9ac1be

#a1bbb9

#a7b4b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeafd0 · ΔE 26.9

Deuteranopia

#aaa4d0 · ΔE 29.7

Tritanopia

#8cd1d1 · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87d5ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87d5ce]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#87d5ce (#87d5ce) is rgb(135, 213, 206) in RGB.

No, #87d5ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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