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#87E7ED

#87e7ed ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87e7ed is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 90.59% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.04% cyan, 2.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 183.53°, with 73.91% saturation and 72.94% 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 14.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 4.23.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.6842

Complementary

  1. #87e7ed
  2. #ed8d87

Split complementary

  1. #87e7ed
  2. #ed87b4
  3. #edc087

Analogous

  1. #87edc0
  2. #87e7ed
  3. #87b4ed

Triadic

  1. #87e7ed
  2. #ed87e7
  3. #e7ed87

Tetradic

  1. #87e7ed
  2. #8d87ed
  3. #ed8d87
  4. #e7ed87

Square

  1. #87e7ed
  2. #c087ed
  3. #ed8d87
  4. #b4ed87

Monochromatic

  1. #1db5be
  2. #44dae3
  3. #87e7ed
  4. #caf4f7
  5. #edfbfc

Shades

#87e7ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87e7ed
  2. #7ad0d5
  3. #6cb9be
  4. #5fa2a6
  5. #518b8e
  6. #447477
  7. #365c5f
  8. #294547
  9. #1b2e2f
  10. #0e1718
  11. #000000

Tints

#87e7ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87e7ed
  2. #93e9ef
  3. #9fecf1
  4. #abeef2
  5. #b7f1f4
  6. #c3f3f6
  7. #cff5f8
  8. #dbf8fa
  9. #e7fafb
  10. #f3fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87e7ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87e7ed
  2. #86dde2
  3. #86d2d7
  4. #85c8cc
  5. #84bec1
  6. #84b4b7
  7. #83a9ac
  8. #829fa1
  9. #819596
  10. #818a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bddee1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dadfee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9d2ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #55ede9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfe2ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2dbed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6debea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87e7ed {
  color: #87e7ed;
}
Background
.bg-87e7ed {
  background-color: #87e7ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87e7ed {
  border: 2px solid #87e7ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87e7ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 231 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 74% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87e7ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87e7ed, #87b4ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87e7ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 231 237 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.23 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.17 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 6.32 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.32 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.82 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.48 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 8.66 #781812 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#87e7ed  rgb(135, 231, 237)  hsl(184, 74%, 73%)  Electric Blue
#ed8d87  rgb(237, 141, 135)  hsl(4, 74%, 73%)  Light Coral
#ed87e7  rgb(237, 135, 231)  hsl(304, 74%, 73%)  Violet
#e7ed87  rgb(231, 237, 135)  hsl(64, 74%, 73%)  Pastel Yellow