#87c9bb

Color #87c9bb

A muted light green.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 15.85 Nearest Tailwind class teal-400 #00d5be · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#87c9bb

RGB

rgb(135, 201, 187)

HSL

hsl(167.3, 37.9%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(167.3, 32.8%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.8%, 0%, 7%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(76.38, -23.99, 0.33)

LCH

lch(76.38, 23.99, 179.21)

OKLCH

oklch(78.8%, 0.0702, 179.59)

HWB

hwb(167.3, 52.9%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c98795

Analogous

#87c99a

#87c9bb

#87b6c9

Triadic

#87c9bb

#bb87c9

#c9bb87

Split-complementary

#87c9bb

#c987b6

#c99a87

Tetradic

#87c9bb

#8795c9

#c98795

#c9bb87

Square

#87c9bb

#9a87c9

#c98795

#b6c987

Shades

Color #87c9bb mixed toward black.

#60b8a5

#469a89

#347466

#234d44

#112722

Tints

Color #87c9bb mixed toward white.

#9bd2c6

#afdbd2

#c3e4dd

#d7ede8

#ebf6f4

Tones

Color #87c9bb mixed toward gray.

#8dc4b8

#92beb5

#98b9b2

#9db3ae

#a3aeab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8bf · ΔE 26.1

Deuteranopia

#a49fbf · ΔE 29.1

Tritanopia

#8bc1c2 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87c9bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87c9bb]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#87c9bb (#87c9bb) is rgb(135, 201, 187) in RGB.

No, #87c9bb 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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