#87c7bf

Color #87c7bf

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 14.09 Nearest Tailwind class teal-400 #00d5be · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#87c7bf

RGB

rgb(135, 199, 191)

HSL

hsl(172.5, 36.4%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.5, 32.2%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 4%, 22%)

LAB

lab(75.92, -22.09, -2.5)

LCH

lch(75.92, 22.23, 186.46)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.0664, 186.14)

HWB

hwb(172.5, 52.9%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7878f

Analogous

#87c79f

#87c7bf

#87afc7

Triadic

#87c7bf

#bf87c7

#c7bf87

Split-complementary

#87c7bf

#c787af

#c79f87

Tetradic

#87c7bf

#878fc7

#c7878f

#c7bf87

Square

#87c7bf

#9f87c7

#c7878f

#afc787

Shades

Color #87c7bf mixed toward black.

#61b5ab

#47988e

#35726a

#234c47

#122623

Tints

Color #87c7bf mixed toward white.

#9bd0ca

#afdad4

#c3e3df

#d7ecea

#ebf6f4

Tones

Color #87c7bf mixed toward gray.

#8cc2bb

#92bcb7

#97b7b3

#9cb2af

#a2acab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7c1 · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#a39ec1 · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#8bc3c3 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87c7bf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87c7bf]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#87c7bf (#87c7bf) is rgb(135, 199, 191) in RGB.

No, #87c7bf 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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