#87e5e5

Color #87e5e5

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 9.72 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#87e5e5

RGB

rgb(135, 229, 229)

HSL

hsl(180, 64.4%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 41%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 0%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(85.42, -27.85, -8.75)

LCH

lch(85.42, 29.19, 197.44)

OKLCH

oklch(86.4%, 0.0896, 195.6)

HWB

hwb(180, 52.9%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e58787

Analogous

#87e5b6

#87e5e5

#87b6e5

Triadic

#87e5e5

#e587e5

#e5e587

Split-complementary

#87e5e5

#e587b6

#e5b687

Tetradic

#87e5e5

#8787e5

#e58787

#e5e587

Square

#87e5e5

#b687e5

#e58787

#b6e587

Shades

Color #87e5e5 mixed toward black.

#55dada

#2bc8c8

#209696

#166464

#0b3232

Tints

Color #87e5e5 mixed toward white.

#9be9e9

#afeeee

#c3f2f2

#d7f6f6

#ebfbfb

Tones

Color #87e5e5 mixed toward gray.

#8fdddd

#97d5d5

#9fcece

#a6c6c6

#aebebe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8e5 · ΔE 27.9

Deuteranopia

#b2abe5 · ΔE 30.4

Tritanopia

#8ee5e5 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#d5d5d5 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87e5e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87e5e5]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#87e5e5 (#87e5e5) is rgb(135, 229, 229) in RGB.

No, #87e5e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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