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#87CDFD

#87cdfd ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87cdfd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.64% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 204.41°, with 96.72% saturation and 76.08% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 1.13.

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Relative luminance0.5591

Complementary

  1. #87cdfd
  2. #fdb787

Split complementary

  1. #87cdfd
  2. #fd8792
  3. #fdf287

Analogous

  1. #87fdf2
  2. #87cdfd
  3. #8792fd

Triadic

  1. #87cdfd
  2. #fd87cd
  3. #cdfd87

Tetradic

  1. #87cdfd
  2. #b787fd
  3. #fdb787
  4. #cdfd87

Square

  1. #87cdfd
  2. #f287fd
  3. #fdb787
  4. #92fd87

Monochromatic

  1. #048be7
  2. #3caefc
  3. #87cdfd
  4. #d2ecfe
  5. #ebf7ff

Shades

#87cdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87cdfd
  2. #7ab9e4
  3. #6ca4ca
  4. #5f90b1
  5. #517b98
  6. #44677f
  7. #365265
  8. #293e4c
  9. #1b2933
  10. #0e1519
  11. #000000

Tints

#87cdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87cdfd
  2. #93d2fd
  3. #9fd7fd
  4. #abdcfe
  5. #b7e1fe
  6. #c3e6fe
  7. #cfebfe
  8. #dbf0fe
  9. #e7f5ff
  10. #f3faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87cdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87cdfd
  2. #86c5f1
  3. #86bee4
  4. #85b6d8
  5. #84aecb
  6. #84a7bf
  7. #839fb2
  8. #8297a6
  9. #818f99
  10. #81888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0c8de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8ccff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8c0fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #51d9dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6cdfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cc5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6bd4ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87cdfd {
  color: #87cdfd;
}
Background
.bg-87cdfd {
  background-color: #87cdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87cdfd {
  border: 2px solid #87cdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87cdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 97% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87cdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87cdfd, #8792fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87cdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 1.13 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.31 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.28 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.67 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.98 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.48 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.12 #783202 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#87cdfd  rgb(135, 205, 253)  hsl(204, 97%, 76%)  Light Sky Blue
#fdb787  rgb(253, 183, 135)  hsl(24, 97%, 76%)  Fawn
#fd87cd  rgb(253, 135, 205)  hsl(324, 97%, 76%)  Persian Pink
#cdfd87  rgb(205, 253, 135)  hsl(84, 97%, 76%)  Inchworm