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#87BC9F

#87bc9f ≈ Dark Sea Green

  • green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#87bc9f is a color from the green family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 73.73% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.19% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.43% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 147.17°, with 28.34% saturation and 63.33% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with nature, health and balance. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8fbc8f), ΔE 5.19.

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Web safe#99cc99
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Relative luminance0.4362

Complementary

  1. #87bc9f
  2. #bc87a4

Split complementary

  1. #87bc9f
  2. #b987bc
  3. #bc8789

Analogous

  1. #89bc87
  2. #87bc9f
  3. #87bcb9

Triadic

  1. #87bc9f
  2. #9f87bc
  3. #bc9f87

Tetradic

  1. #87bc9f
  2. #87a4bc
  3. #bc87a4
  4. #bc9f87

Square

  1. #87bc9f
  2. #8789bc
  3. #bc87a4
  4. #bcb987

Monochromatic

  1. #3d6d53
  2. #589e78
  3. #87bc9f
  4. #b8d7c6
  5. #e9f3ee

Shades

#87bc9f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87bc9f
  2. #7aa98f
  3. #6c967f
  4. #5f846f
  5. #51715f
  6. #445e50
  7. #364b40
  8. #293830
  9. #1b2620
  10. #0e1310
  11. #000000

Tints

#87bc9f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87bc9f
  2. #93c3a9
  3. #9fc9b2
  4. #abd0bc
  5. #b7d7c5
  6. #c3decf
  7. #cfe4d9
  8. #dbebe2
  9. #e7f2ec
  10. #f3f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87bc9f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87bc9f
  2. #86b69c
  3. #86b099
  4. #85aa96
  5. #84a493
  6. #849e90
  7. #83988c
  8. #829289
  9. #818c86
  10. #818683
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1b5aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbb49e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2aea1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7dbcb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8b79e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2b4a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #81bcac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87bc9f {
  color: #87bc9f;
}
Background
.bg-87bc9f {
  background-color: #87bc9f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87bc9f {
  border: 2px solid #87bc9f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87bc9f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 188 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 147 28% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87bc9f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87bc9f, #87bcb9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87bc9f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 188 159 / 0.35);
}

#8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 5.19 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.18 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 9.18 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.29 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.50 #ace1af Celadon ΔE 10.60 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 10.98 #784360 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Dark Sea Green
#87bc9f  rgb(135, 188, 159)  hsl(147, 28%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#bc87a4  rgb(188, 135, 164)  hsl(327, 28%, 63%)  Puce
#9f87bc  rgb(159, 135, 188)  hsl(267, 28%, 63%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bc9f87  rgb(188, 159, 135)  hsl(27, 28%, 63%)  Camel