#87bcab

Color #87bcab

A muted light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 15.28 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#87bcab

RGB

rgb(135, 188, 171)

HSL

hsl(160.8, 28.3%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(160.8, 28.2%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(72.27, -20.97, 3.03)

LCH

lch(72.27, 21.19, 171.78)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.0608, 172.72)

HWB

hwb(160.8, 52.9%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc8798

Analogous

#87bc90

#87bcab

#87b2bc

Triadic

#87bcab

#ab87bc

#bcab87

Split-complementary

#87bcab

#bc87b2

#bc9087

Tetradic

#87bcab

#8798bc

#bc8798

#bcab87

Square

#87bcab

#9087bc

#bc8798

#b2bc87

Shades

Color #87bcab mixed toward black.

#64a993

#4d8a77

#3a6859

#27453b

#13231e

Tints

Color #87bcab mixed toward white.

#9bc7b9

#afd2c7

#c3ddd5

#d7e9e3

#ebf4f1

Tones

Color #87bcab mixed toward gray.

#8bb7a9

#90b3a8

#94afa6

#99aaa5

#9da6a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1af · ΔE 23.3

Deuteranopia

#9e99b0 · ΔE 27.4

Tritanopia

#8ab3b3 · ΔE 7.7

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 18.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #87bcab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87bcab]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

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Spring Green #00ff7f

Turquoise #40e0d0

Frequently asked questions

#87bcab (#87bcab) is rgb(135, 188, 171) in RGB.

No, #87bcab 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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