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#87F0FA

#87f0fa ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87f0fa is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 94.12% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 185.22°, with 92% saturation and 75.49% 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 15.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 2.91.

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Relative luminance0.7437

Complementary

  1. #87f0fa
  2. #fa9187

Split complementary

  1. #87f0fa
  2. #fa87b6
  3. #facb87

Analogous

  1. #87facb
  2. #87f0fa
  3. #87b6fa

Triadic

  1. #87f0fa
  2. #fa87f0
  3. #f0fa87

Tetradic

  1. #87f0fa
  2. #9187fa
  3. #fa9187
  4. #f0fa87

Square

  1. #87f0fa
  2. #cb87fa
  3. #fa9187
  4. #b6fa87

Monochromatic

  1. #09ccdf
  2. #3ee7f7
  3. #87f0fa
  4. #d0f9fd
  5. #ebfdfe

Shades

#87f0fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87f0fa
  2. #7ad8e1
  3. #6cc0c8
  4. #5fa8af
  5. #519096
  6. #44787d
  7. #366064
  8. #29484b
  9. #1b3032
  10. #0e1819
  11. #000000

Tints

#87f0fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87f0fa
  2. #93f2fb
  3. #9ff3fb
  4. #abf5fc
  5. #b7f6fc
  6. #c3f8fd
  7. #cff9fd
  8. #dbfbfe
  9. #e7fcfe
  10. #f3feff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87f0fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87f0fa
  2. #86e5ee
  3. #86dae2
  4. #85ced5
  5. #84c3c9
  6. #84b8bd
  7. #83adb1
  8. #82a2a5
  9. #819698
  10. #818b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3e6eb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2e8fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfdafb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #49f7f3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4ebfa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6e3fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #67f4f6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87f0fa {
  color: #87f0fa;
}
Background
.bg-87f0fa {
  background-color: #87f0fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87f0fa {
  border: 2px solid #87f0fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87f0fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 240 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 185 92% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87f0fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87f0fa, #87b6fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87f0fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 240 250 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 2.91 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 5.72 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.79 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 8.11 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.13 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 8.13 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 8.13 #780f05 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#87f0fa  rgb(135, 240, 250)  hsl(185, 92%, 75%)  Electric Blue
#fa9187  rgb(250, 145, 135)  hsl(5, 92%, 75%)  Salmon
#fa87f0  rgb(250, 135, 240)  hsl(305, 92%, 75%)  Violet
#f0fa87  rgb(240, 250, 135)  hsl(65, 92%, 75%)  Pastel Yellow