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#87FFFC

#87fffc ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87fffc is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 100% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.06% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 178.5°, with 100% saturation and 76.47% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 3.27.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.837

Complementary

  1. #87fffc
  2. #ff878a

Split complementary

  1. #87fffc
  2. #ff87c6
  3. #ffc087

Analogous

  1. #87ffc0
  2. #87fffc
  3. #87c6ff

Triadic

  1. #87fffc
  2. #fc87ff
  3. #fffc87

Tetradic

  1. #87fffc
  2. #878aff
  3. #ff878a
  4. #fffc87

Square

  1. #87fffc
  2. #c087ff
  3. #ff878a
  4. #c6ff87

Monochromatic

  1. #00ede7
  2. #3afffa
  3. #87fffc
  4. #d3fffe
  5. #ebfffe

Shades

#87fffc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87fffc
  2. #7ae6e3
  3. #6cccca
  4. #5fb3b0
  5. #519997
  6. #44807e
  7. #366665
  8. #294d4c
  9. #1b3332
  10. #0e1a19
  11. #000000

Tints

#87fffc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87fffc
  2. #93fffc
  3. #9ffffd
  4. #abfffd
  5. #b7fffd
  6. #c3fffe
  7. #cffffe
  8. #dbfffe
  9. #e7fffe
  10. #f3ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87fffc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87fffc
  2. #86f2f0
  3. #86e6e3
  4. #85d9d7
  5. #84ccca
  6. #84c0be
  7. #83b3b2
  8. #82a6a5
  9. #819999
  10. #818d8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbf4f2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f2f5fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dee5fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #41fffe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0f9fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1f0fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #65fffd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87fffc {
  color: #87fffc;
}
Background
.bg-87fffc {
  background-color: #87fffc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87fffc {
  border: 2px solid #87fffc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87fffc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 255 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 100% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87fffc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87fffc, #87c6ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87fffc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 255 252 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 3.27 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 5.11 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.17 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.17 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.98 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.24 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.93 #780003 Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#87fffc  rgb(135, 255, 252)  hsl(179, 100%, 76%)  Electric Blue
#ff878a  rgb(255, 135, 138)  hsl(359, 100%, 76%)  Light Coral
#fc87ff  rgb(252, 135, 255)  hsl(299, 100%, 76%)  Fuchsia Pink
#fffc87  rgb(255, 252, 135)  hsl(59, 100%, 76%)  Pastel Yellow