#87abc6

Color #87abc6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.4 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#87abc6

RGB

rgb(135, 171, 198)

HSL

hsl(205.7, 35.6%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.7, 31.8%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(68.28, -5.77, -17.73)

LCH

lch(68.28, 18.65, 251.97)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0556, 240.95)

HWB

hwb(205.7, 52.9%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6a287

Analogous

#87c6c2

#87abc6

#878cc6

Triadic

#87abc6

#c687ab

#abc687

Split-complementary

#87abc6

#c6878c

#c6c287

Tetradic

#87abc6

#a287c6

#c6a287

#abc687

Square

#87abc6

#c287c6

#c6a287

#8cc687

Shades

Color #87abc6 mixed toward black.

#6191b4

#477597

#365871

#243a4b

#121d26

Tints

Color #87abc6 mixed toward white.

#9bb9d0

#afc7d9

#c3d5e3

#d7e3ec

#ebf1f6

Tones

Color #87abc6 mixed toward gray.

#8caac1

#92aabc

#97a9b6

#9ca8b1

#a1a7ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898c0 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#9693be · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#89bbba · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 13.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #87abc6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87abc6]

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#87abc6 (#87abc6) is rgb(135, 171, 198) in RGB.

No, #87abc6 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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