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#87CBBA

#87cbba ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87cbba is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 79.61% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.37% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 165°, with 39.53% saturation and 66.27% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 11.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 6.57.

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Relative luminance0.5141

Complementary

  1. #87cbba
  2. #cb8798

Split complementary

  1. #87cbba
  2. #cb87ba
  3. #cb9887

Analogous

  1. #87cb98
  2. #87cbba
  3. #87bacb

Triadic

  1. #87cbba
  2. #ba87cb
  3. #cbba87

Tetradic

  1. #87cbba
  2. #8798cb
  3. #cb8798
  4. #cbba87

Square

  1. #87cbba
  2. #9887cb
  3. #cb8798
  4. #bacb87

Monochromatic

  1. #38816f
  2. #52b49b
  3. #87cbba
  4. #bce2d9
  5. #f1f9f7

Shades

#87cbba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87cbba
  2. #7ab7a7
  3. #6ca295
  4. #5f8e82
  5. #517a70
  6. #44665d
  7. #36514a
  8. #293d38
  9. #1b2925
  10. #0e1413
  11. #000000

Tints

#87cbba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87cbba
  2. #93d0c1
  3. #9fd5c8
  4. #abdbcf
  5. #b7e0d6
  6. #c3e5dd
  7. #cfeae3
  8. #dbefea
  9. #e7f5f1
  10. #f3faf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87cbba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87cbba
  2. #86c4b4
  3. #86bcae
  4. #85b5a9
  5. #84ada3
  6. #84a69d
  7. #839e97
  8. #829791
  9. #818f8c
  10. #818886
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abc3bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6c3b9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bababb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73cdc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0c6ba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8c1bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7bccc1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87cbba {
  color: #87cbba;
}
Background
.bg-87cbba {
  background-color: #87cbba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87cbba {
  border: 2px solid #87cbba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87cbba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 203 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 40% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87cbba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87cbba, #87bacb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87cbba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 203 186 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.57 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 7.82 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.11 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.78 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 9.51 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 9.54 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.98 #783445 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#87cbba  rgb(135, 203, 186)  hsl(165, 40%, 66%)  Medium Aquamarine
#cb8798  rgb(203, 135, 152)  hsl(345, 40%, 66%)  Puce
#ba87cb  rgb(186, 135, 203)  hsl(285, 40%, 66%)  Floral Lavender
#cbba87  rgb(203, 186, 135)  hsl(45, 40%, 66%)  Ecru