#87aba5

Color #87aba5

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.86 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#87aba5

RGB

rgb(135, 171, 165)

HSL

hsl(170, 17.6%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170, 21.1%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(67.27, -13.48, -0.94)

LCH

lch(67.27, 13.51, 183.99)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.0402, 183.85)

HWB

hwb(170, 52.9%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab878d

Analogous

#87ab93

#87aba5

#879fab

Triadic

#87aba5

#a587ab

#aba587

Split-complementary

#87aba5

#ab879f

#ab9387

Tetradic

#87aba5

#878dab

#ab878d

#aba587

Square

#87aba5

#9387ab

#ab878d

#9fab87

Shades

Color #87aba5 mixed toward black.

#69968e

#547872

#3f5a55

#2a3c39

#151e1c

Tints

Color #87aba5 mixed toward white.

#9bb9b4

#afc7c3

#c3d5d2

#d7e3e1

#ebf1f0

Tones

Color #87aba5 mixed toward gray.

#8aa8a3

#8da5a1

#90a29f

#939f9d

#969c9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a6 · ΔE 18.5

Deuteranopia

#9693a7 · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#89a8a8 · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87aba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87aba5]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#87aba5 (#87aba5) is rgb(135, 171, 165) in RGB.

No, #87aba5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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