#87989b

Color #87989b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.93 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#87989b

RGB

rgb(135, 152, 155)

HSL

hsl(189, 9.1%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189, 12.9%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.9%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(61.63, -5.39, -3.62)

LCH

lch(61.63, 6.49, 213.89)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.02, 209.39)

HWB

hwb(189, 52.9%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b8a87

Analogous

#879b94

#87989b

#878e9b

Triadic

#87989b

#9b8798

#989b87

Split-complementary

#87989b

#9b878e

#9b9487

Tetradic

#87989b

#8a879b

#9b8a87

#989b87

Square

#87989b

#94879b

#9b8a87

#8e9b87

Shades

Color #87989b mixed toward black.

#6e8184

#58676a

#424d4f

#2c3335

#161a1a

Tints

Color #87989b mixed toward white.

#9ba9ac

#afbabc

#c3cccd

#d7ddde

#ebeeee

Tones

Color #87989b mixed toward gray.

#899799

#8a9698

#8c9596

#8e9394

#8f9293

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f9a · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#8e8c9a · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#889a9a · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 7.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87989b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87989b]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#87989b (#87989b) is rgb(135, 152, 155) in RGB.

No, #87989b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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