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#87BFAE

#87bfae ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#87bfae 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 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.32% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.9% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 161.79°, 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 10.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 7.78.

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Web safe#99cc99
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Relative luminance0.4547

Complementary

  1. #87bfae
  2. #bf8798

Split complementary

  1. #87bfae
  2. #bf87b4
  3. #bf9287

Analogous

  1. #87bf92
  2. #87bfae
  3. #87b4bf

Triadic

  1. #87bfae
  2. #ae87bf
  3. #bfae87

Tetradic

  1. #87bfae
  2. #8798bf
  3. #bf8798
  4. #bfae87

Square

  1. #87bfae
  2. #9287bf
  3. #bf8798
  4. #b4bf87

Monochromatic

  1. #3c7161
  2. #57a38c
  3. #87bfae
  4. #b9dad0
  5. #ebf4f1

Shades

#87bfae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87bfae
  2. #7aac9d
  3. #6c998b
  4. #5f867a
  5. #517368
  6. #446057
  7. #364c46
  8. #293934
  9. #1b2623
  10. #0e1311
  11. #000000

Tints

#87bfae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87bfae
  2. #93c5b6
  3. #9fccbe
  4. #abd2c6
  5. #b7d9ce
  6. #c3dfd7
  7. #cfe5df
  8. #dbece7
  9. #e7f2ef
  10. #f3f9f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87bfae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87bfae
  2. #86b9a9
  3. #86b2a5
  4. #85aca0
  5. #84a69c
  6. #84a097
  7. #839992
  8. #82938e
  9. #818d89
  10. #818685
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4b8b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbb8ad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1b1af ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #78c0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9bbae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2b7af ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ec0b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87bfae {
  color: #87bfae;
}
Background
.bg-87bfae {
  background-color: #87bfae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87bfae {
  border: 2px solid #87bfae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87bfae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 191 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 162 30% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87bfae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87bfae, #87b4bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87bfae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 191 174 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.78 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.34 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 9.38 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.43 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.76 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 10.18 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 10.73 #784051 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#87bfae  rgb(135, 191, 174)  hsl(162, 30%, 64%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bf8798  rgb(191, 135, 152)  hsl(342, 30%, 64%)  Puce
#ae87bf  rgb(174, 135, 191)  hsl(282, 30%, 64%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bfae87  rgb(191, 174, 135)  hsl(42, 30%, 64%)  Ecru