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#87CEED

#87ceed ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87ceed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.04% cyan, 13.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 198.24°, with 73.91% saturation and 72.94% 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 12.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 0.66.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5541

Complementary

  1. #87ceed
  2. #eda687

Split complementary

  1. #87ceed
  2. #ed879b
  3. #edd987

Analogous

  1. #87edd9
  2. #87ceed
  3. #879bed

Triadic

  1. #87ceed
  2. #ed87ce
  3. #ceed87

Tetradic

  1. #87ceed
  2. #a687ed
  3. #eda687
  4. #ceed87

Square

  1. #87ceed
  2. #d987ed
  3. #eda687
  4. #9bed87

Monochromatic

  1. #1d8dbe
  2. #44b3e3
  3. #87ceed
  4. #cae9f7
  5. #edf8fc

Shades

#87ceed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87ceed
  2. #7ab9d5
  3. #6ca5be
  4. #5f90a6
  5. #517c8e
  6. #446777
  7. #36525f
  8. #293e47
  9. #1b292f
  10. #0e1518
  11. #000000

Tints

#87ceed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87ceed
  2. #93d3ef
  3. #9fd8f1
  4. #abddf2
  5. #b7e2f4
  6. #c3e7f6
  7. #cfebf8
  8. #dbf0fa
  9. #e7f5fb
  10. #f3fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87ceed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87ceed
  2. #86c6e2
  3. #86bed7
  4. #85b7cc
  5. #84afc1
  6. #84a7b7
  7. #839fac
  8. #8297a1
  9. #819096
  10. #81888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afc8d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #becbef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbfed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5bd7d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abccee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0c5ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6fd4e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87ceed {
  color: #87ceed;
}
Background
.bg-87ceed {
  background-color: #87ceed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87ceed {
  border: 2px solid #87ceed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87ceed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 206 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 74% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87ceed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87ceed, #879bed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87ceed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 206 237 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 0.66 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 0.79 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.89 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.08 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.70 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.13 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.05 #783112 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#87ceed  rgb(135, 206, 237)  hsl(198, 74%, 73%)  Sky Blue
#eda687  rgb(237, 166, 135)  hsl(18, 74%, 73%)  Light Salmon
#ed87ce  rgb(237, 135, 206)  hsl(318, 74%, 73%)  Persian Pink
#ceed87  rgb(206, 237, 135)  hsl(78, 74%, 73%)  Inchworm