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#87BFCE

#87bfce ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87bfce 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 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.47% cyan, 7.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 192.68°, with 42.01% saturation and 66.86% 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 10.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 5.73.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4687

Complementary

  1. #87bfce
  2. #ce9687

Split complementary

  1. #87bfce
  2. #ce879b
  3. #ceb987

Analogous

  1. #87ceb9
  2. #87bfce
  3. #879bce

Triadic

  1. #87bfce
  2. #ce87bf
  3. #bfce87

Tetradic

  1. #87bfce
  2. #9687ce
  3. #ce9687
  4. #bfce87

Square

  1. #87bfce
  2. #b987ce
  3. #ce9687
  4. #9bce87

Monochromatic

  1. #377585
  2. #51a2b8
  3. #87bfce
  4. #bddce4
  5. #f1f7f9

Shades

#87bfce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87bfce
  2. #7aacb9
  3. #6c99a5
  4. #5f8690
  5. #51737c
  6. #446067
  7. #364c52
  8. #29393e
  9. #1b2629
  10. #0e1315
  11. #000000

Tints

#87bfce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87bfce
  2. #93c5d3
  3. #9fccd8
  4. #abd2dd
  5. #b7d9e2
  6. #c3dfe7
  7. #cfe5eb
  8. #dbecf0
  9. #e7f2f5
  10. #f3f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87bfce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87bfce
  2. #86b9c6
  3. #86b2be
  4. #85acb7
  5. #84a6af
  6. #84a0a7
  7. #83999f
  8. #829397
  9. #818d90
  10. #818688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5bac0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4bbcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9b2ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6dc5c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4bdcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9db8ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #78c3c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87bfce {
  color: #87bfce;
}
Background
.bg-87bfce {
  background-color: #87bfce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87bfce {
  border: 2px solid #87bfce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87bfce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 191 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 42% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87bfce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87bfce, #879bce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87bfce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 191 206 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.73 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.89 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.28 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.32 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.48 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.98 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.03 #784031 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#87bfce  rgb(135, 191, 206)  hsl(193, 42%, 67%)  Sky Blue
#ce9687  rgb(206, 150, 135)  hsl(13, 42%, 67%)  Dark Salmon
#ce87bf  rgb(206, 135, 191)  hsl(313, 42%, 67%)  Sky Magenta
#bfce87  rgb(191, 206, 135)  hsl(73, 42%, 67%)  Olivine