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#87DEE3

#87dee3 ≈ Pale Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87dee3 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 87.06% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.53% cyan, 2.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 183.26°, with 62.16% saturation and 70.98% 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 13.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Turquoise (#afeeee), ΔE 5.59.

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Relative luminance0.6294

Complementary

  1. #87dee3
  2. #e38c87

Split complementary

  1. #87dee3
  2. #e387b0
  3. #e3ba87

Analogous

  1. #87e3ba
  2. #87dee3
  3. #87b0e3

Triadic

  1. #87dee3
  2. #e387de
  3. #dee387

Tetradic

  1. #87dee3
  2. #8c87e3
  3. #e38c87
  4. #dee387

Square

  1. #87dee3
  2. #ba87e3
  3. #e38c87
  4. #b0e387

Monochromatic

  1. #28a2a9
  2. #49cdd5
  3. #87dee3
  4. #c5eff1
  5. #eefafb

Shades

#87dee3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87dee3
  2. #7ac8cc
  3. #6cb2b6
  4. #5f9b9f
  5. #518588
  6. #446f72
  7. #36595b
  8. #294344
  9. #1b2c2d
  10. #0e1617
  11. #000000

Tints

#87dee3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87dee3
  2. #93e1e6
  3. #9fe5e9
  4. #abe8eb
  5. #b7ebee
  6. #c3eff1
  7. #cff2f4
  8. #dbf5f7
  9. #e7f8f9
  10. #f3fcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87dee3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87dee3
  2. #86d5d9
  3. #86cbcf
  4. #85c2c5
  5. #84b8bb
  6. #84afb2
  7. #83a6a8
  8. #829c9e
  9. #819394
  10. #81898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7d6d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3d7e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2cbe4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5ee4df ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9dae3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aed3e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #70e2e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87dee3 {
  color: #87dee3;
}
Background
.bg-87dee3 {
  background-color: #87dee3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87dee3 {
  border: 2px solid #87dee3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87dee3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 222 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 183 62% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87dee3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87dee3, #87b0e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87dee3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 222 227 / 0.35);
}

#afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.59 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.28 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.70 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.29 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.58 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 7.74 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.41 #78211c Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Pale Turquoise
#87dee3  rgb(135, 222, 227)  hsl(183, 62%, 71%)  Pale Turquoise
#e38c87  rgb(227, 140, 135)  hsl(3, 62%, 71%)  Light Coral
#e387de  rgb(227, 135, 222)  hsl(303, 62%, 71%)  Violet
#dee387  rgb(222, 227, 135)  hsl(63, 62%, 71%)  Khaki