#87edf9

Color #87edf9

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 11.35 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#87edf9

RGB

rgb(135, 237, 249)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 90.5%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 45.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(88.23, -26.73, -15.07)

LCH

lch(88.23, 30.69, 209.41)

OKLCH

oklch(88.8%, 0.0968, 205.4)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 52.9%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f99387

Analogous

#87f9cc

#87edf9

#87b4f9

Triadic

#87edf9

#f987ed

#edf987

Split-complementary

#87edf9

#f987b4

#f9cc87

Tetradic

#87edf9

#9387f9

#f99387

#edf987

Square

#87edf9

#cc87f9

#f99387

#b4f987

Shades

Color #87edf9 mixed toward black.

#4ae4f6

#0ddbf3

#09a5b7

#066e7a

#03373d

Tints

Color #87edf9 mixed toward white.

#9bf0fa

#aff3fb

#c3f6fc

#d7f9fd

#ebfcfe

Tones

Color #87edf9 mixed toward gray.

#91e6f0

#9adee6

#a4d7dd

#adcfd3

#b7c8ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbdf6 · ΔE 27

Deuteranopia

#b6aef5 · ΔE 29.7

Tritanopia

#8ef4f3 · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#dddddd · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87edf9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87edf9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#87edf9 (#87edf9) is rgb(135, 237, 249) in RGB.

No, #87edf9 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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