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#87F7EF

#87f7ef ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87f7ef is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 96.86% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.34% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.24% yellow and 3.14% black. Its hue angle is 175.71°, with 87.5% saturation and 74.9% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 4.86.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.779

Complementary

  1. #87f7ef
  2. #f7878f

Split complementary

  1. #87f7ef
  2. #f787c7
  3. #f7b787

Analogous

  1. #87f7b7
  2. #87f7ef
  3. #87c7f7

Triadic

  1. #87f7ef
  2. #ef87f7
  3. #f7ef87

Tetradic

  1. #87f7ef
  2. #878ff7
  3. #f7878f
  4. #f7ef87

Square

  1. #87f7ef
  2. #b787f7
  3. #f7878f
  4. #c7f787

Monochromatic

  1. #0ed7c8
  2. #3ff2e5
  3. #87f7ef
  4. #cffcf9
  5. #ecfefc

Shades

#87f7ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87f7ef
  2. #7aded7
  3. #6cc6bf
  4. #5fada7
  5. #51948f
  6. #447c78
  7. #366360
  8. #294a48
  9. #1b3130
  10. #0e1918
  11. #000000

Tints

#87f7ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87f7ef
  2. #93f8f1
  3. #9ff9f2
  4. #abf9f4
  5. #b7faf5
  6. #c3fbf7
  7. #cffcf9
  8. #dbfdfa
  9. #e7fdfc
  10. #f3fefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87f7ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87f7ef
  2. #86ebe4
  3. #86dfd9
  4. #85d3ce
  5. #84c7c3
  6. #84bcb8
  7. #83b0ac
  8. #82a4a1
  9. #819896
  10. #818c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6ece9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ecedef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9dff0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4ffcf4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbf1ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bee9f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6afaf2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87f7ef {
  color: #87f7ef;
}
Background
.bg-87f7ef {
  background-color: #87f7ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87f7ef {
  border: 2px solid #87f7ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87f7ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 247 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 88% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87f7ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87f7ef, #87c7f7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87f7ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 247 239 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.86 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 5.86 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.06 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.06 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.40 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.70 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.97 #780810 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#87f7ef  rgb(135, 247, 239)  hsl(176, 88%, 75%)  Electric Blue
#f7878f  rgb(247, 135, 143)  hsl(356, 88%, 75%)  Light Coral
#ef87f7  rgb(239, 135, 247)  hsl(296, 88%, 75%)  Violet
#f7ef87  rgb(247, 239, 135)  hsl(56, 88%, 75%)  Khaki