#87a3a5

Color #87a3a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#87a3a5

RGB

rgb(135, 163, 165)

HSL

hsl(184, 14.3%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184, 18.2%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.2%, 1.2%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(65.01, -9.21, -4.27)

LCH

lch(65.01, 10.15, 204.87)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0312, 201.8)

HWB

hwb(184, 52.9%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a58987

Analogous

#87a598

#87a3a5

#8794a5

Triadic

#87a3a5

#a587a3

#a3a587

Split-complementary

#87a3a5

#a58794

#a59887

Tetradic

#87a3a5

#8987a5

#a58987

#a3a587

Square

#87a3a5

#9887a5

#a58987

#94a587

Shades

Color #87a3a5 mixed toward black.

#6b8c8f

#567072

#405456

#2b3839

#151c1d

Tints

Color #87a3a5 mixed toward white.

#9bb2b4

#afc2c3

#c3d1d2

#d7e0e1

#ebf0f0

Tones

Color #87a3a5 mixed toward gray.

#89a1a2

#8c9fa0

#8e9c9d

#919a9b

#939898

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a5 · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#9290a4 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#89a4a4 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a3a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a3a5]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#87a3a5 (#87a3a5) is rgb(135, 163, 165) in RGB.

No, #87a3a5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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