#87e3ff

Color #87e3ff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 8.46 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#87e3ff

RGB

rgb(135, 227, 255)

HSL

hsl(194, 100%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194, 47.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.1%, 11%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(85.66, -20.25, -22.11)

LCH

lch(85.66, 29.98, 227.51)

OKLCH

oklch(86.8%, 0.0959, 219.58)

HWB

hwb(194, 52.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffa387

Analogous

#87ffdf

#87e3ff

#87a7ff

Triadic

#87e3ff

#ff87e3

#e3ff87

Split-complementary

#87e3ff

#ff87a7

#ffdf87

Tetradic

#87e3ff

#a387ff

#ffa387

#e3ff87

Square

#87e3ff

#df87ff

#ffa387

#a7ff87

Shades

Color #87e3ff mixed toward black.

#46d4ff

#05c5ff

#0096c3

#006482

#003241

Tints

Color #87e3ff mixed toward white.

#9be8ff

#afecff

#c3f1ff

#d7f6ff

#ebfaff

Tones

Color #87e3ff mixed toward gray.

#91def5

#9bd8eb

#a5d3e1

#afced7

#b9c8cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b7f9 · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#b1aaf7 · ΔE 25.6

Tritanopia

#8ef3f2 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 20

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #87e3ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87e3ff]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#87e3ff (#87e3ff) is rgb(135, 227, 255) in RGB.

No, #87e3ff 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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