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#87D3EB

#87d3eb ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87d3eb is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 82.75% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.55% cyan, 10.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 194.4°, with 71.43% saturation and 72.55% 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 12.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 2.39.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5774

Complementary

  1. #87d3eb
  2. #eb9f87

Split complementary

  1. #87d3eb
  2. #eb87a1
  3. #ebd187

Analogous

  1. #87ebd1
  2. #87d3eb
  3. #87a1eb

Triadic

  1. #87d3eb
  2. #eb87d3
  3. #d3eb87

Tetradic

  1. #87d3eb
  2. #9f87eb
  3. #eb9f87
  4. #d3eb87

Square

  1. #87d3eb
  2. #d187eb
  3. #eb9f87
  4. #a1eb87

Monochromatic

  1. #1f95ba
  2. #45bbe0
  3. #87d3eb
  4. #c9ebf6
  5. #eef9fc

Shades

#87d3eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87d3eb
  2. #7abed4
  3. #6ca9bc
  4. #5f94a5
  5. #517f8d
  6. #446a76
  7. #36545e
  8. #293f47
  9. #1b2a2f
  10. #0e1518
  11. #000000

Tints

#87d3eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87d3eb
  2. #93d7ed
  3. #9fdcef
  4. #abe0f1
  5. #b7e5f3
  6. #c3e9f5
  7. #cfedf7
  8. #dbf2f9
  9. #e7f6fb
  10. #f3fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87d3eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87d3eb
  2. #86cbe0
  3. #86c2d6
  4. #85bacb
  5. #84b2c0
  6. #84aab6
  7. #83a1ab
  8. #8299a0
  9. #819195
  10. #81888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2ccd7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cfec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5c3eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5bdbda ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afd0ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4caeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6fd8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87d3eb {
  color: #87d3eb;
}
Background
.bg-87d3eb {
  background-color: #87d3eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87d3eb {
  border: 2px solid #87d3eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87d3eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 211 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 71% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87d3eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87d3eb, #87a1eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87d3eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 211 235 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 2.39 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.59 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 4.28 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.90 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.68 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.60 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.59 #782c14 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#87d3eb  rgb(135, 211, 235)  hsl(194, 71%, 73%)  Sky Blue
#eb9f87  rgb(235, 159, 135)  hsl(14, 71%, 73%)  Dark Salmon
#eb87d3  rgb(235, 135, 211)  hsl(314, 71%, 73%)  Persian Pink
#d3eb87  rgb(211, 235, 135)  hsl(74, 71%, 73%)  June Bud