#87ecff

Color #87ecff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 13.12 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#87ecff

RGB

rgb(135, 236, 255)

HSL

hsl(189.5, 100%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.5, 47.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.1%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(88.14, -24.71, -18.35)

LCH

lch(88.14, 30.78, 216.6)

OKLCH

oklch(88.8%, 0.0981, 211.06)

HWB

hwb(189.5, 52.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff9a87

Analogous

#87ffd6

#87ecff

#87b0ff

Triadic

#87ecff

#ff87ec

#ecff87

Split-complementary

#87ecff

#ff87b0

#ffd687

Tetradic

#87ecff

#9a87ff

#ff9a87

#ecff87

Square

#87ecff

#d687ff

#ff9a87

#b0ff87

Shades

Color #87ecff mixed toward black.

#46e2ff

#05d7ff

#00a4c3

#006d82

#003741

Tints

Color #87ecff mixed toward white.

#9befff

#aff2ff

#c3f6ff

#d7f9ff

#ebfcff

Tones

Color #87ecff mixed toward gray.

#91e5f5

#9bdeeb

#a5d8e1

#afd1d7

#b9cacd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbdfb · ΔE 25.9

Deuteranopia

#b6aefa · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#8ef7f6 · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#dddddd · ΔE 20.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #87ecff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87ecff]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#87ecff (#87ecff) is rgb(135, 236, 255) in RGB.

No, #87ecff 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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