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#87BBD0

#87bbd0 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87bbd0 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 73.33% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.1% cyan, 10.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 197.26°, with 43.71% saturation and 67.25% 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 10.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.34.

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Relative luminance0.4525

Complementary

  1. #87bbd0
  2. #d09c87

Split complementary

  1. #87bbd0
  2. #d08796
  3. #d0c087

Analogous

  1. #87d0c0
  2. #87bbd0
  3. #8796d0

Triadic

  1. #87bbd0
  2. #d087bb
  3. #bbd087

Tetradic

  1. #87bbd0
  2. #9c87d0
  3. #d09c87
  4. #bbd087

Square

  1. #87bbd0
  2. #c087d0
  3. #d09c87
  4. #96d087

Monochromatic

  1. #357189
  2. #509cba
  3. #87bbd0
  4. #bedae6
  5. #f0f7f9

Shades

#87bbd0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87bbd0
  2. #7aa8bb
  3. #6c96a6
  4. #5f8392
  5. #51707d
  6. #445e68
  7. #364b53
  8. #29383e
  9. #1b252a
  10. #0e1315
  11. #000000

Tints

#87bbd0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87bbd0
  2. #93c2d5
  3. #9fc9d9
  4. #abcfde
  5. #b7d6e3
  6. #c3dde8
  7. #cfe4ec
  8. #dbebf1
  9. #e7f1f6
  10. #f3f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87bbd0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87bbd0
  2. #86b5c8
  3. #86afc0
  4. #85a9b8
  5. #84a3b0
  6. #849ea8
  7. #8398a0
  8. #829298
  9. #818c90
  10. #818688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3b6bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afb8d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4b0d0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6dc2c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1b9d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99b4d0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #78bfc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87bbd0 {
  color: #87bbd0;
}
Background
.bg-87bbd0 {
  background-color: #87bbd0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87bbd0 {
  border: 2px solid #87bbd0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87bbd0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 187 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 44% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87bbd0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87bbd0, #8796d0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87bbd0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 187 208 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.34 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.38 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.03 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.74 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.89 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.04 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.69 #78442f Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#87bbd0  rgb(135, 187, 208)  hsl(197, 44%, 67%)  Moonstone Blue
#d09c87  rgb(208, 156, 135)  hsl(17, 44%, 67%)  Tumbleweed
#d087bb  rgb(208, 135, 187)  hsl(317, 44%, 67%)  Sky Magenta
#bbd087  rgb(187, 208, 135)  hsl(77, 44%, 67%)  Olivine