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#87FAED

#87faed ≈ Turquoise Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87faed is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 98.04% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.2% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 173.22°, with 92% saturation and 75.49% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise Blue (#00ffef), ΔE 5.68.

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Relative luminance0.7964

Complementary

  1. #87faed
  2. #fa8794

Split complementary

  1. #87faed
  2. #fa87cd
  3. #fab487

Analogous

  1. #87fab4
  2. #87faed
  3. #87cdfa

Triadic

  1. #87faed
  2. #ed87fa
  3. #faed87

Tetradic

  1. #87faed
  2. #8794fa
  3. #fa8794
  4. #faed87

Square

  1. #87faed
  2. #b487fa
  3. #fa8794
  4. #cdfa87

Monochromatic

  1. #09dfc7
  2. #3ef7e2
  3. #87faed
  4. #d0fdf8
  5. #ebfefc

Shades

#87faed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87faed
  2. #7ae1d5
  3. #6cc8be
  4. #5fafa6
  5. #51968e
  6. #447d77
  7. #36645f
  8. #294b47
  9. #1b322f
  10. #0e1918
  11. #000000

Tints

#87faed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87faed
  2. #93fbef
  3. #9ffbf1
  4. #abfcf2
  5. #b7fcf4
  6. #c3fdf6
  7. #cffdf8
  8. #dbfefa
  9. #e7fefb
  10. #f3fffd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87faed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87faed
  2. #86eee2
  3. #86e2d7
  4. #85d5cc
  5. #84c9c1
  6. #84bdb7
  7. #83b1ac
  8. #82a5a1
  9. #819896
  10. #818c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8efe9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f0efed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dce1ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #50fff6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cef3ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0ebee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6afdf2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87faed {
  color: #87faed;
}
Background
.bg-87faed {
  background-color: #87faed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87faed {
  border: 2px solid #87faed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87faed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 250 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 92% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87faed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87faed, #87cdfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87faed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 250 237 / 0.35);
}

#00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 5.68 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.55 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.68 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.68 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.86 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 6.89 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.29 #780512 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Turquoise Blue
#87faed  rgb(135, 250, 237)  hsl(173, 92%, 75%)  Turquoise Blue
#fa8794  rgb(250, 135, 148)  hsl(353, 92%, 75%)  Salmon Pink
#ed87fa  rgb(237, 135, 250)  hsl(293, 92%, 75%)  Violet
#faed87  rgb(250, 237, 135)  hsl(53, 92%, 75%)  Khaki