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#87AABE

#87aabe ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#87aabe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 66.67% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.95% cyan, 10.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 201.82°, with 29.73% saturation and 63.73% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 3.84.

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Relative luminance0.3762

Complementary

  1. #87aabe
  2. #be9b87

Split complementary

  1. #87aabe
  2. #be878f
  3. #beb787

Analogous

  1. #87beb7
  2. #87aabe
  3. #878fbe

Triadic

  1. #87aabe
  2. #be87aa
  3. #aabe87

Tetradic

  1. #87aabe
  2. #9b87be
  3. #be9b87
  4. #aabe87

Square

  1. #87aabe
  2. #b787be
  3. #be9b87
  4. #8fbe87

Monochromatic

  1. #3c5d70
  2. #5786a1
  3. #87aabe
  4. #b9cdd9
  5. #eaf0f4

Shades

#87aabe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87aabe
  2. #7a99ab
  3. #6c8898
  4. #5f7785
  5. #516672
  6. #44555f
  7. #36444c
  8. #293339
  9. #1b2226
  10. #0e1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#87aabe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87aabe
  2. #93b3c5
  3. #9fbbcb
  4. #abc4d2
  5. #b7ccd8
  6. #c3d5df
  7. #cfdde5
  8. #dbe6ec
  9. #e7eef2
  10. #f3f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87aabe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87aabe
  2. #86a6b8
  3. #86a2b2
  4. #859dab
  5. #8499a5
  6. #84959f
  7. #839199
  8. #828d93
  9. #81888c
  10. #818486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9aa7b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1a9bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99a2be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #76afb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97a9bf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92a5be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7dadb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87aabe {
  color: #87aabe;
}
Background
.bg-87aabe {
  background-color: #87aabe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87aabe {
  border: 2px solid #87aabe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87aabe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 170 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 30% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87aabe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87aabe, #878fbe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87aabe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 170 190 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 3.84 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.99 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.17 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.22 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.16 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.54 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.74 #785541 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#87aabe  rgb(135, 170, 190)  hsl(202, 30%, 64%)  Moonstone Blue
#be9b87  rgb(190, 155, 135)  hsl(22, 30%, 64%)  Tumbleweed
#be87aa  rgb(190, 135, 170)  hsl(322, 30%, 64%)  Puce
#aabe87  rgb(170, 190, 135)  hsl(82, 30%, 64%)  Olivine