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#87BFCA

#87bfca ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87bfca is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 74.9% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.17% cyan, 5.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 189.85°, with 38.73% saturation and 66.08% 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 10.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.98.

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Relative luminance0.4668

Complementary

  1. #87bfca
  2. #ca9287

Split complementary

  1. #87bfca
  2. #ca879e
  3. #cab487

Analogous

  1. #87cab4
  2. #87bfca
  3. #879eca

Triadic

  1. #87bfca
  2. #ca87bf
  3. #bfca87

Tetradic

  1. #87bfca
  2. #9287ca
  3. #ca9287
  4. #bfca87

Square

  1. #87bfca
  2. #b487ca
  3. #ca9287
  4. #9eca87

Monochromatic

  1. #387480
  2. #52a3b3
  3. #87bfca
  4. #bcdbe1
  5. #f1f7f9

Shades

#87bfca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87bfca
  2. #7aacb6
  3. #6c99a2
  4. #5f868d
  5. #517379
  6. #446065
  7. #364c51
  8. #29393d
  9. #1b2628
  10. #0e1314
  11. #000000

Tints

#87bfca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87bfca
  2. #93c5cf
  3. #9fccd5
  4. #abd2da
  5. #b7d9df
  6. #c3dfe5
  7. #cfe5ea
  8. #dbecef
  9. #e7f2f4
  10. #f3f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87bfca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87bfca
  2. #86b9c3
  3. #86b2bb
  4. #85acb4
  5. #84a6ac
  6. #84a0a5
  7. #83999e
  8. #829396
  9. #818d8f
  10. #818687
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5babe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bbcb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aab2ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6fc4c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5bdca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9db7ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #79c2c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87bfca {
  color: #87bfca;
}
Background
.bg-87bfca {
  background-color: #87bfca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87bfca {
  border: 2px solid #87bfca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87bfca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 191 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 39% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87bfca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87bfca, #879eca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87bfca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 191 202 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.98 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.76 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.79 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.24 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.27 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.41 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 8.69 #784035 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#87bfca  rgb(135, 191, 202)  hsl(190, 39%, 66%)  Sky Blue
#ca9287  rgb(202, 146, 135)  hsl(10, 39%, 66%)  Rosy Brown
#ca87bf  rgb(202, 135, 191)  hsl(310, 39%, 66%)  Sky Magenta
#bfca87  rgb(191, 202, 135)  hsl(70, 39%, 66%)  Dark Khaki