#87a09d

Color #87a09d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.82 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#87a09d

RGB

rgb(135, 160, 157)

HSL

hsl(172.8, 11.6%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.8, 15.6%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(63.94, -9.33, -1.36)

LCH

lch(63.94, 9.43, 188.29)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.0284, 187.7)

HWB

hwb(172.8, 52.9%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0878a

Analogous

#87a090

#87a09d

#8796a0

Triadic

#87a09d

#9d87a0

#a09d87

Split-complementary

#87a09d

#a08796

#a09087

Tetradic

#87a09d

#878aa0

#a0878a

#a09d87

Square

#87a09d

#9087a0

#a0878a

#96a087

Shades

Color #87a09d mixed toward black.

#6d8986

#576e6b

#415250

#2b3735

#161b1b

Tints

Color #87a09d mixed toward white.

#9bb0ad

#afc0be

#c3cfce

#d7dfde

#ebefef

Tones

Color #87a09d mixed toward gray.

#899e9b

#8b9c9a

#8d9a98

#8f9897

#919595

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#92939e · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#918f9e · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#889e9e · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a09d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a09d]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#87a09d (#87a09d) is rgb(135, 160, 157) in RGB.

No, #87a09d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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