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#87BFBC

#87bfbc ≈ Opal

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#87bfbc is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 74.9% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.32% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.57% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 176.79°, with 30.43% saturation and 63.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Opal (#a8c3bc), ΔE 7.22.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4604

Complementary

  1. #87bfbc
  2. #bf878a

Split complementary

  1. #87bfbc
  2. #bf87a6
  3. #bfa087

Analogous

  1. #87bfa0
  2. #87bfbc
  3. #87a6bf

Triadic

  1. #87bfbc
  2. #bc87bf
  3. #bfbc87

Tetradic

  1. #87bfbc
  2. #878abf
  3. #bf878a
  4. #bfbc87

Square

  1. #87bfbc
  2. #a087bf
  3. #bf878a
  4. #a6bf87

Monochromatic

  1. #3c716e
  2. #57a39f
  3. #87bfbc
  4. #b9dad8
  5. #ebf4f4

Shades

#87bfbc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87bfbc
  2. #7aaca9
  3. #6c9996
  4. #5f8684
  5. #517371
  6. #44605e
  7. #364c4b
  8. #293938
  9. #1b2626
  10. #0e1313
  11. #000000

Tints

#87bfbc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87bfbc
  2. #93c5c3
  3. #9fccc9
  4. #abd2d0
  5. #b7d9d7
  6. #c3dfde
  7. #cfe5e4
  8. #dbeceb
  9. #e7f2f2
  10. #f3f9f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87bfbc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87bfbc
  2. #86b9b6
  3. #86b2b0
  4. #85acaa
  5. #84a6a4
  6. #84a09e
  7. #839998
  8. #829392
  9. #818d8c
  10. #818686
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4b9b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9b9bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aeb1bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #74c2be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7bcbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0b7bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7cc1bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87bfbc {
  color: #87bfbc;
}
Background
.bg-87bfbc {
  background-color: #87bfbc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87bfbc {
  border: 2px solid #87bfbc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87bfbc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 191 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 30% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87bfbc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87bfbc, #87a6bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87bfbc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 191 188 / 0.35);
}

#a8c3bc Opal ΔE 7.22 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.47 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.89 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.86 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.96 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.97 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.08 #784043 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Opal
#87bfbc  rgb(135, 191, 188)  hsl(177, 30%, 64%)  Opal
#bf878a  rgb(191, 135, 138)  hsl(357, 30%, 64%)  Old Rose
#bc87bf  rgb(188, 135, 191)  hsl(297, 30%, 64%)  Wisteria
#bfbc87  rgb(191, 188, 135)  hsl(57, 30%, 64%)  Sage