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#87cefa Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
  • lightskyblue
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#87cefa (Light 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46% cyan, 17.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 202.96°, with 92% saturation and 75.49% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.24:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.562

Complementary

  1. #87cefa
  2. #fab387

Split complementary

  1. #87cefa
  2. #fa8794
  3. #faed87

Analogous

  1. #87faed
  2. #87cefa
  3. #8794fa

Triadic

  1. #87cefa
  2. #fa87ce
  3. #cefa87

Tetradic

  1. #87cefa
  2. #b387fa
  3. #fab387
  4. #cefa87

Square

  1. #87cefa
  2. #ed87fa
  3. #fab387
  4. #94fa87

Monochromatic

  1. #098ddf
  2. #3eb0f7
  3. #87cefa
  4. #d0ecfd
  5. #ebf7fe

Shades

#87cefa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87cefa
  2. #7ab9e1
  3. #6ca5c8
  4. #5f90af
  5. #517c96
  6. #44677d
  7. #365264
  8. #293e4b
  9. #1b2932
  10. #0e1519
  11. #000000

Tints

#87cefa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87cefa
  2. #93d3fb
  3. #9fd8fb
  4. #abddfc
  5. #b7e2fc
  6. #c3e7fd
  7. #cfebfd
  8. #dbf0fe
  9. #e7f5fe
  10. #f3faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87cefa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87cefa
  2. #86c6ee
  3. #86bee2
  4. #85b7d5
  5. #84afc9
  6. #84a7bd
  7. #839fb1
  8. #8297a5
  9. #819098
  10. #81888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0c9dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bacdfc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aac0f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #53d9dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8cdfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9dc6fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6bd5e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87cefa {
  color: #87cefa;
}
Background
.bg-87cefa {
  background-color: #87cefa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87cefa {
  border: 2px solid #87cefa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87cefa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 206 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 92% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87cefa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87cefa, #8794fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87cefa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 206 250 / 0.35);
}

#89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.16 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.99 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.55 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.89 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.95 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.12 #783105 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#87cefa  rgb(135, 206, 250)  hsl(203, 92%, 75%)  Light Sky Blue
#fab387  rgb(250, 179, 135)  hsl(23, 92%, 75%)  Tumbleweed
#fa87ce  rgb(250, 135, 206)  hsl(323, 92%, 75%)  Persian Pink
#cefa87  rgb(206, 250, 135)  hsl(83, 92%, 75%)  Inchworm