Start generating
87F2FF

#87F2FF Shallow Water

#87F2FF is a very light, moderately saturated turquoise named Shallow Water. In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 94.9% green and 100.0% blue (rgb(135, 242, 255)). Its HSL value is 186° hue, 100% saturation and 76% lightness, and in CMYK it is 47% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. #87F2FF is a cool color. Black text reads best on it, with a contrast ratio of 16.18:1.

Make a palette with #87F2FF

#87F2FF color conversion

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSB / HSV
HWB
CMYK
XYZ
CIELAB
CIELCh
CIELUV
OKLCH

Variations of #87F2FF

Shades

Mixed with black: richer and darker.

87F2FF75D2DE63B4BE51969E417980315E63214348132B2E061416010303

Tints

Mixed with white: lighter and softer.

87F2FF96F4FFA3F5FFB0F6FFBDF8FFC8F9FFD4FAFFDFFCFFEAFDFFF5FEFF

Tones

Mixed with gray: calmer and more muted.

87F2FF88E6F289DAE48ACFD789C3CA89B8BE88ACB186A1A5859698838B8C

Hues

The same lightness and chroma, rotated around the color wheel.

A7F3C29BF4CF92F5DC8BF5E887F4F487F2FFA3ECFFB2E8FFBCE5FFC4E3FFCAE1FF

Temperatures

Cooler on the left, warmer on the right.

6FDAFF74DFFF79E3FF7DE8FF82EDFF87F2FF91EEF799EBEFA1E7E7A9E3DFAFDFD7

#87F2FF color harmonies

Complementary

The opposite hue — maximum contrast and energy.

87F2FFFF9487
Open in generator →

Split complementary

The two hues next to the complement — contrast with less tension.

87F2FFFF87B6FFD087
Open in generator →

Analogous

Neighbouring hues — calm, cohesive and natural.

87F2FF87FFD087B6FF
Open in generator →

Triadic

Three hues evenly spaced at 120° — vibrant yet balanced.

87F2FFFF87F2F2FF87
Open in generator →

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs — rich, best with one dominant color.

87F2FF9487FFFF9487F2FF87
Open in generator →

Square

Four hues spaced at 90° — bold and playful.

87F2FFD087FFFF9487B6FF87
Open in generator →

#87F2FF for color-blind viewers (and dogs)

How #87F2FF appears with each type of color vision deficiency (Machado 2009 model) — and to your dog. Try the dog vision simulator →

  • Dog vision 82% similarHow dogs see it · simulated as #CFDCFF
  • Protanopia 80% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #E3EAFF
  • Protanomaly 85% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #CFEBFF
  • Deuteranopia 82% similar1.2% of men, 0.01% of women · simulated as #CFDCFF
  • Deuteranomaly 87% similar5% of men, 0.35% of women · simulated as #BEE4FF
  • Tritanopia 90% similar0.001% of men, 0.03% of women · simulated as #44FAF6
  • Tritanomaly 96% similar0.0001% of men, 0.0001% of women · simulated as #72F5FB
  • Achromatopsia 80% similar0.003% of men, 0.003% of women · simulated as #E2E2E2
  • Achromatomaly 85% similar0.001% of men, 0.001% of women · simulated as #D0E6EA

#87F2FF contrast checker

AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.30:1 Very poor#87F2FF text on white
AA normalFailAAA normalFail
AA largeFailAAA largeFail
AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
16.18:1 Super#87F2FF text on black
AA normalPassAAA normalPass
AA largePassAAA largePass

Need another background? Pick any pair in the palette generator and open the contrast panel.

Colors similar to #87F2FF

Palettes with #87F2FF

#87F2FF in CSS

/* Shallow Water */
.color { color: #87F2FF; }
.background { background-color: #87F2FF; }
.border { border: 1px solid #87F2FF; }

/* Other notations */
color: rgb(135 242 255);
color: hsl(186 100% 76%);
color: oklch(0.901 0.101 205.8);

#87F2FF FAQ

What color is #87F2FF?

#87F2FF is a very light, moderately saturated turquoise. Its closest named color is Shallow Water. It belongs to the turquoise color family and is a cool color.

What is the RGB value of #87F2FF?

#87F2FF is rgb(135, 242, 255) in RGB, hsl(186, 100%, 76%) in HSL and cmyk(47%, 5%, 0%, 0%) in CMYK.

What is the complementary color of #87F2FF?

The complementary color of #87F2FF is #FF9487, which sits opposite it on the color wheel.

Which text color works on #87F2FF?

Black text has the best contrast on #87F2FF: 16.18:1, which meets the WCAG AA requirement of 4.5:1 for normal text.

Is #87F2FF a warm or cool color?

#87F2FF is a cool color.