#87eaee

Color #87eaee

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 10.05 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#87eaee

RGB

rgb(135, 234, 238)

HSL

hsl(182.3, 75.2%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.3, 43.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.3%, 1.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(87.08, -28.05, -11.03)

LCH

lch(87.08, 30.14, 201.47)

OKLCH

oklch(87.8%, 0.0935, 198.98)

HWB

hwb(182.3, 52.9%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ee8b87

Analogous

#87eebe

#87eaee

#87b6ee

Triadic

#87eaee

#ee87ea

#eaee87

Split-complementary

#87eaee

#ee87b6

#eebe87

Tetradic

#87eaee

#8b87ee

#ee8b87

#eaee87

Square

#87eaee

#be87ee

#ee8b87

#b6ee87

Shades

Color #87eaee mixed toward black.

#50e1e6

#1fd3da

#179ea3

#0f696d

#083536

Tints

Color #87eaee mixed toward white.

#9beef1

#aff1f4

#c3f5f6

#d7f8f9

#ebfcfc

Tones

Color #87eaee mixed toward gray.

#8fe2e5

#98dadd

#a1d2d4

#a9cacc

#b2c2c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babbed · ΔE 27.6

Deuteranopia

#b5aded · ΔE 30.6

Tritanopia

#8eecec · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#dadada · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87eaee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87eaee]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#87eaee (#87eaee) is rgb(135, 234, 238) in RGB.

No, #87eaee 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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