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#87B2BC

#87b2bc ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#87b2bc is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 69.8% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.19% cyan, 5.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 191.32°, with 28.34% saturation and 63.33% 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 9.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.12.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4062

Complementary

  1. #87b2bc
  2. #bc9187

Split complementary

  1. #87b2bc
  2. #bc8797
  3. #bcab87

Analogous

  1. #87bcab
  2. #87b2bc
  3. #8797bc

Triadic

  1. #87b2bc
  2. #bc87b2
  3. #b2bc87

Tetradic

  1. #87b2bc
  2. #9187bc
  3. #bc9187
  4. #b2bc87

Square

  1. #87b2bc
  2. #ab87bc
  3. #bc9187
  4. #97bc87

Monochromatic

  1. #3d646d
  2. #58919e
  3. #87b2bc
  4. #b8d1d7
  5. #e9f1f3

Shades

#87b2bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87b2bc
  2. #7aa0a9
  3. #6c8e96
  4. #5f7d84
  5. #516b71
  6. #44595e
  7. #36474b
  8. #293538
  9. #1b2426
  10. #0e1213
  11. #000000

Tints

#87b2bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87b2bc
  2. #93bac3
  3. #9fc1c9
  4. #abc9d0
  5. #b7d1d7
  6. #c3d9de
  7. #cfe0e4
  8. #dbe8eb
  9. #e7f0f2
  10. #f3f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87b2bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87b2bc
  2. #86adb6
  3. #86a8b0
  4. #85a3aa
  5. #849ea4
  6. #84999e
  7. #839498
  8. #828f92
  9. #818a8c
  10. #818586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9eaeb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaafbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a8bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #76b6b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9db0bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97acbc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7db5b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87b2bc {
  color: #87b2bc;
}
Background
.bg-87b2bc {
  background-color: #87b2bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87b2bc {
  border: 2px solid #87b2bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87b2bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 178 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 28% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87b2bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87b2bc, #8797bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87b2bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 178 188 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.12 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.17 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 9.35 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.44 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.45 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.09 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.38 #784d43 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#87b2bc  rgb(135, 178, 188)  hsl(191, 28%, 63%)  Moonstone Blue
#bc9187  rgb(188, 145, 135)  hsl(11, 28%, 63%)  Rosy Brown
#bc87b2  rgb(188, 135, 178)  hsl(311, 28%, 63%)  Sky Magenta
#b2bc87  rgb(178, 188, 135)  hsl(71, 28%, 63%)  Sage