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#87BDAC

#87bdac ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#87bdac is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 74.12% green and 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.99% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 161.11°, with 29.03% saturation and 63.53% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 8.12.

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Web safe#99cc99
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Relative luminance0.4452

Complementary

  1. #87bdac
  2. #bd8798

Split complementary

  1. #87bdac
  2. #bd87b3
  3. #bd9187

Analogous

  1. #87bd91
  2. #87bdac
  3. #87b3bd

Triadic

  1. #87bdac
  2. #ac87bd
  3. #bdac87

Tetradic

  1. #87bdac
  2. #8798bd
  3. #bd8798
  4. #bdac87

Square

  1. #87bdac
  2. #9187bd
  3. #bd8798
  4. #b3bd87

Monochromatic

  1. #3d6e5f
  2. #58a089
  3. #87bdac
  4. #b8d8ce
  5. #eaf3f0

Shades

#87bdac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87bdac
  2. #7aaa9b
  3. #6c978a
  4. #5f8478
  5. #517167
  6. #445f56
  7. #364c45
  8. #293934
  9. #1b2622
  10. #0e1311
  11. #000000

Tints

#87bdac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87bdac
  2. #93c4b4
  3. #9fcabd
  4. #abd1c5
  5. #b7d7cd
  6. #c3ded6
  7. #cfe5de
  8. #dbebe6
  9. #e7f2ee
  10. #f3f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87bdac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87bdac
  2. #86b7a8
  3. #86b1a3
  4. #85ab9f
  5. #84a59a
  6. #849f96
  7. #839892
  8. #82928d
  9. #818c89
  10. #818684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3b7b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9b6ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0afad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #79beb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8b9ac ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1b5ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7fbeb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87bdac {
  color: #87bdac;
}
Background
.bg-87bdac {
  background-color: #87bdac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87bdac {
  border: 2px solid #87bdac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87bdac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 189 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 161 29% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87bdac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87bdac, #87b3bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87bdac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 189 172 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.12 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.23 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 9.20 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.47 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 10.16 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 10.61 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 10.77 #784253 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#87bdac  rgb(135, 189, 172)  hsl(161, 29%, 64%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bd8798  rgb(189, 135, 152)  hsl(341, 29%, 64%)  Puce
#ac87bd  rgb(172, 135, 189)  hsl(281, 29%, 64%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bdac87  rgb(189, 172, 135)  hsl(41, 29%, 64%)  Ecru