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#87F2EF

#87f2ef ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87f2ef is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 94.9% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.21% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.24% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 178.32°, with 80.45% saturation and 73.92% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 3.49.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.7489

Complementary

  1. #87f2ef
  2. #f2878a

Split complementary

  1. #87f2ef
  2. #f287bf
  3. #f2b987

Analogous

  1. #87f2b9
  2. #87f2ef
  3. #87bff2

Triadic

  1. #87f2ef
  2. #ef87f2
  3. #f2ef87

Tetradic

  1. #87f2ef
  2. #878af2
  3. #f2878a
  4. #f2ef87

Square

  1. #87f2ef
  2. #b987f2
  3. #f2878a
  4. #bff287

Monochromatic

  1. #16cac5
  2. #42ebe6
  3. #87f2ef
  4. #ccf9f8
  5. #edfdfd

Shades

#87f2ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87f2ef
  2. #7adad7
  3. #6cc2bf
  4. #5fa9a7
  5. #51918f
  6. #447978
  7. #366160
  8. #294948
  9. #1b3030
  10. #0e1818
  11. #000000

Tints

#87f2ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87f2ef
  2. #93f3f1
  3. #9ff5f2
  4. #abf6f4
  5. #b7f7f5
  6. #c3f9f7
  7. #cffaf9
  8. #dbfbfa
  9. #e7fcfc
  10. #f3fefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87f2ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87f2ef
  2. #86e7e4
  3. #86dbd9
  4. #85d0ce
  5. #84c4c3
  6. #84b9b8
  7. #83aeac
  8. #82a2a1
  9. #819796
  10. #818b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3e8e6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6e9ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4dbf0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #51f8f1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7ecef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bae4f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6bf5f0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87f2ef {
  color: #87f2ef;
}
Background
.bg-87f2ef {
  background-color: #87f2ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87f2ef {
  border: 2px solid #87f2ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87f2ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 242 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 80% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87f2ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87f2ef, #87bff2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87f2ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 242 239 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 3.49 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 5.29 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.86 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.26 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.26 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.01 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 7.78 #780d10 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#87f2ef  rgb(135, 242, 239)  hsl(178, 80%, 74%)  Electric Blue
#f2878a  rgb(242, 135, 138)  hsl(358, 80%, 74%)  Light Coral
#ef87f2  rgb(239, 135, 242)  hsl(298, 80%, 74%)  Violet
#f2ef87  rgb(242, 239, 135)  hsl(58, 80%, 74%)  Pastel Yellow