#87b4b7

Color #87b4b7

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.74 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#87b4b7

RGB

rgb(135, 180, 183)

HSL

hsl(183.8, 25%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.8, 26.2%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 1.6%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(70.32, -14.19, -6.4)

LCH

lch(70.32, 15.57, 204.28)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0481, 201.34)

HWB

hwb(183.8, 52.9%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b78a87

Analogous

#87b7a2

#87b4b7

#879cb7

Triadic

#87b4b7

#b787b4

#b4b787

Split-complementary

#87b4b7

#b7879c

#b7a287

Tetradic

#87b4b7

#8a87b7

#b78a87

#b4b787

Square

#87b4b7

#a287b7

#b78a87

#9cb787

Shades

Color #87b4b7 mixed toward black.

#669fa3

#508185

#3c6163

#284142

#142021

Tints

Color #87b4b7 mixed toward white.

#9bc1c3

#afcdcf

#c3dadb

#d7e6e7

#ebf3f3

Tones

Color #87b4b7 mixed toward gray.

#8bb1b3

#8fadaf

#93aaab

#97a6a7

#9ba3a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9db6 · ΔE 21

Deuteranopia

#9a96b6 · ΔE 23.7

Tritanopia

#8ab6b6 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87b4b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87b4b7]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#87b4b7 (#87b4b7) is rgb(135, 180, 183) in RGB.

No, #87b4b7 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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