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#87ADBB

#87adbb ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#87adbb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 67.84% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.81% cyan, 7.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 196.15°, with 27.66% saturation and 63.14% 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 8.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.39.

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Relative luminance0.3863

Complementary

  1. #87adbb
  2. #bb9587

Split complementary

  1. #87adbb
  2. #bb8793
  3. #bbaf87

Analogous

  1. #87bbaf
  2. #87adbb
  3. #8793bb

Triadic

  1. #87adbb
  2. #bb87ad
  3. #adbb87

Tetradic

  1. #87adbb
  2. #9587bb
  3. #bb9587
  4. #adbb87

Square

  1. #87adbb
  2. #af87bb
  3. #bb9587
  4. #93bb87

Monochromatic

  1. #3d5f6c
  2. #598a9d
  3. #87adbb
  4. #b8ced7
  5. #e9f0f2

Shades

#87adbb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87adbb
  2. #7a9ca8
  3. #6c8a96
  4. #5f7983
  5. #516870
  6. #44575e
  7. #36454b
  8. #293438
  9. #1b2325
  10. #0e1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#87adbb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87adbb
  2. #93b5c2
  3. #9fbdc9
  4. #abc6cf
  5. #b7ced6
  6. #c3d6dd
  7. #cfdee4
  8. #dbe6eb
  9. #e7eff1
  10. #f3f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87adbb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87adbb
  2. #86a9b5
  3. #86a4af
  4. #85a0a9
  5. #849ba3
  6. #84979e
  7. #839298
  8. #828e92
  9. #81898c
  10. #818586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ba9af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5abbc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9da4bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #77b2b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aacbb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94a8bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7eb0b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87adbb {
  color: #87adbb;
}
Background
.bg-87adbb {
  background-color: #87adbb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87adbb {
  border: 2px solid #87adbb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87adbb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 173 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 28% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87adbb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87adbb, #8793bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87adbb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 173 187 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.39 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.72 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.96 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.56 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.58 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 11.12 #785244 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#87adbb  rgb(135, 173, 187)  hsl(196, 28%, 63%)  Moonstone Blue
#bb9587  rgb(187, 149, 135)  hsl(16, 28%, 63%)  Rosy Brown
#bb87ad  rgb(187, 135, 173)  hsl(316, 28%, 63%)  Sky Magenta
#adbb87  rgb(173, 187, 135)  hsl(76, 28%, 63%)  Olivine