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#87BFAA

#87bfaa ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#87bfaa is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 74.9% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.32% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.99% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 157.5°, with 30.43% saturation and 63.92% 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 10.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 7.05.

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Web safe#99cc99
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Relative luminance0.4531

Complementary

  1. #87bfaa
  2. #bf879c

Split complementary

  1. #87bfaa
  2. #bf87b8
  3. #bf8e87

Analogous

  1. #87bf8e
  2. #87bfaa
  3. #87b8bf

Triadic

  1. #87bfaa
  2. #aa87bf
  3. #bfaa87

Tetradic

  1. #87bfaa
  2. #879cbf
  3. #bf879c
  4. #bfaa87

Square

  1. #87bfaa
  2. #8e87bf
  3. #bf879c
  4. #b8bf87

Monochromatic

  1. #3c715d
  2. #57a386
  3. #87bfaa
  4. #b9dacd
  5. #ebf4f1

Shades

#87bfaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87bfaa
  2. #7aac99
  3. #6c9988
  4. #5f8677
  5. #517366
  6. #446055
  7. #364c44
  8. #293933
  9. #1b2622
  10. #0e1311
  11. #000000

Tints

#87bfaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87bfaa
  2. #93c5b3
  3. #9fccbb
  4. #abd2c4
  5. #b7d9cc
  6. #c3dfd5
  7. #cfe5dd
  8. #dbece6
  9. #e7f2ee
  10. #f3f9f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87bfaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87bfaa
  2. #86b9a6
  3. #86b2a2
  4. #85ac9d
  5. #84a699
  6. #84a095
  7. #839991
  8. #82938d
  9. #818d88
  10. #818684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4b8b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcb8a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b1ab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #79c0b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9bba9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3b7ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7fbfb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87bfaa {
  color: #87bfaa;
}
Background
.bg-87bfaa {
  background-color: #87bfaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87bfaa {
  border: 2px solid #87bfaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87bfaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 191 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 158 30% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87bfaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87bfaa, #87b8bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87bfaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 191 170 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.05 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 8.02 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 9.02 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.13 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 10.30 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 10.32 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 11.09 #784055 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#87bfaa  rgb(135, 191, 170)  hsl(158, 30%, 64%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bf879c  rgb(191, 135, 156)  hsl(338, 30%, 64%)  Puce
#aa87bf  rgb(170, 135, 191)  hsl(278, 30%, 64%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bfaa87  rgb(191, 170, 135)  hsl(38, 30%, 64%)  Tan