#87a3aa

Color #87a3aa

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.36 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#87a3aa

RGB

rgb(135, 163, 170)

HSL

hsl(192, 17.1%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192, 20.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(65.16, -8.09, -6.85)

LCH

lch(65.16, 10.6, 220.26)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0328, 214.56)

HWB

hwb(192, 52.9%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa8e87

Analogous

#87aaa0

#87a3aa

#8791aa

Triadic

#87a3aa

#aa87a3

#a3aa87

Split-complementary

#87a3aa

#aa8791

#aaa087

Tetradic

#87a3aa

#8e87aa

#aa8e87

#a3aa87

Square

#87a3aa

#a087aa

#aa8e87

#91aa87

Shades

Color #87a3aa mixed toward black.

#698c95

#547077

#3f5459

#2a383c

#151c1e

Tints

Color #87a3aa mixed toward white.

#9bb2b8

#afc2c6

#c3d1d5

#d7e0e3

#ebf0f1

Tones

Color #87a3aa mixed toward gray.

#8aa1a7

#8da0a4

#909ea1

#939c9e

#969a9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494a8 · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#9290a8 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#89a7a7 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a3aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a3aa]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#87a3aa (#87a3aa) is rgb(135, 163, 170) in RGB.

No, #87a3aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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