#87a3a6

Color #87a3a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.01 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#87a3a6

RGB

rgb(135, 163, 166)

HSL

hsl(185.8, 14.8%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.8, 18.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 1.8%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(65.04, -8.99, -4.78)

LCH

lch(65.04, 10.18, 208)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0314, 204.44)

HWB

hwb(185.8, 52.9%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a68a87

Analogous

#87a699

#87a3a6

#8793a6

Triadic

#87a3a6

#a687a3

#a3a687

Split-complementary

#87a3a6

#a68793

#a69987

Tetradic

#87a3a6

#8a87a6

#a68a87

#a3a687

Square

#87a3a6

#9987a6

#a68a87

#93a687

Shades

Color #87a3a6 mixed toward black.

#6b8c90

#557073

#405456

#2b383a

#151c1d

Tints

Color #87a3a6 mixed toward white.

#9bb2b5

#afc2c4

#c3d1d2

#d7e0e1

#ebf0f0

Tones

Color #87a3a6 mixed toward gray.

#8aa1a3

#8c9fa1

#8f9d9e

#919b9c

#949999

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a5 · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#9290a5 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#89a5a5 · ΔE 1.6

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a3a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a3a6]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#87a3a6 (#87a3a6) is rgb(135, 163, 166) in RGB.

No, #87a3a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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