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#87BFDA

#87bfda ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87bfda is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 74.9% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.07% cyan, 12.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 199.52°, with 52.87% saturation and 69.22% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 4.08.

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Relative luminance0.4747

Complementary

  1. #87bfda
  2. #daa287

Split complementary

  1. #87bfda
  2. #da8796
  3. #dacc87

Analogous

  1. #87dacc
  2. #87bfda
  3. #8796da

Triadic

  1. #87bfda
  2. #da87bf
  3. #bfda87

Tetradic

  1. #87bfda
  2. #a287da
  3. #daa287
  4. #bfda87

Square

  1. #87bfda
  2. #cc87da
  3. #daa287
  4. #96da87

Monochromatic

  1. #2f7699
  2. #4da0c8
  3. #87bfda
  4. #c1deec
  5. #eff7fa

Shades

#87bfda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87bfda
  2. #7aacc4
  3. #6c99ae
  4. #5f8699
  5. #517383
  6. #44606d
  7. #364c57
  8. #293941
  9. #1b262c
  10. #0e1316
  11. #000000

Tints

#87bfda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87bfda
  2. #93c5de
  3. #9fcce1
  4. #abd2e5
  5. #b7d9e9
  6. #c3dfed
  7. #cfe5f0
  8. #dbecf4
  9. #e7f2f8
  10. #f3f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87bfda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87bfda
  2. #86b9d1
  3. #86b2c8
  4. #85acbf
  5. #84a6b6
  6. #84a0ad
  7. #8399a4
  8. #82939b
  9. #818d92
  10. #818689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6bac6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1bddb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5b3da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #68c7c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2bedb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ab8da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76c4cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87bfda {
  color: #87bfda;
}
Background
.bg-87bfda {
  background-color: #87bfda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87bfda {
  border: 2px solid #87bfda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87bfda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 191 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 53% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87bfda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87bfda, #8796da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87bfda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 191 218 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.08 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.31 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.71 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.20 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.02 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.92 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.34 #784025 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#87bfda  rgb(135, 191, 218)  hsl(200, 53%, 69%)  Sky Blue
#daa287  rgb(218, 162, 135)  hsl(20, 53%, 69%)  Tumbleweed
#da87bf  rgb(218, 135, 191)  hsl(320, 53%, 69%)  Persian Pink
#bfda87  rgb(191, 218, 135)  hsl(80, 53%, 69%)  June Bud