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#87CEEB

#87ceeb Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
  • skyblue
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#87ceeb (Sky Blue) is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 80.78% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.55% cyan, 12.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 197.4°, with 71.43% saturation and 72.55% 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 12.06:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5529

Complementary

  1. #87ceeb
  2. #eba487

Split complementary

  1. #87ceeb
  2. #eb879c
  3. #ebd687

Analogous

  1. #87ebd6
  2. #87ceeb
  3. #879ceb

Triadic

  1. #87ceeb
  2. #eb87ce
  3. #ceeb87

Tetradic

  1. #87ceeb
  2. #a487eb
  3. #eba487
  4. #ceeb87

Square

  1. #87ceeb
  2. #d687eb
  3. #eba487
  4. #9ceb87

Monochromatic

  1. #1f8dba
  2. #45b3e0
  3. #87ceeb
  4. #c9e9f6
  5. #eef8fc

Shades

#87ceeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87ceeb
  2. #7ab9d4
  3. #6ca5bc
  4. #5f90a5
  5. #517c8d
  6. #446776
  7. #36525e
  8. #293e47
  9. #1b292f
  10. #0e1518
  11. #000000

Tints

#87ceeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87ceeb
  2. #93d3ed
  3. #9fd8ef
  4. #abddf1
  5. #b7e2f3
  6. #c3e7f5
  7. #cfebf7
  8. #dbf0f9
  9. #e7f5fb
  10. #f3fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87ceeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87ceeb
  2. #86c6e0
  3. #86bed6
  4. #85b7cb
  5. #84afc0
  6. #84a7b6
  7. #839fab
  8. #8297a0
  9. #819095
  10. #81888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afc8d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #becbed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbfeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5dd7d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abccec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1c5eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #70d3df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87ceeb {
  color: #87ceeb;
}
Background
.bg-87ceeb {
  background-color: #87ceeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87ceeb {
  border: 2px solid #87ceeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87ceeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 206 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 71% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87ceeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87ceeb, #879ceb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87ceeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 206 235 / 0.35);
}

#89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 1.43 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 4.55 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.67 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.40 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.75 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.08 #783114 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#87ceeb  rgb(135, 206, 235)  hsl(197, 71%, 73%)  Sky Blue
#eba487  rgb(235, 164, 135)  hsl(17, 71%, 73%)  Dark Salmon
#eb87ce  rgb(235, 135, 206)  hsl(317, 71%, 73%)  Persian Pink
#ceeb87  rgb(206, 235, 135)  hsl(77, 71%, 73%)  June Bud