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#87FCFD

#87fcfd ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87fcfd is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 98.82% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.64% cyan, 0.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 180.51°, with 96.72% saturation and 76.08% 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 17.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 1.83.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.8186

Complementary

  1. #87fcfd
  2. #fd8887

Split complementary

  1. #87fcfd
  2. #fd87c1
  3. #fdc387

Analogous

  1. #87fdc3
  2. #87fcfd
  3. #87c1fd

Triadic

  1. #87fcfd
  2. #fd87fc
  3. #fcfd87

Tetradic

  1. #87fcfd
  2. #8887fd
  3. #fd8887
  4. #fcfd87

Square

  1. #87fcfd
  2. #c387fd
  3. #fd8887
  4. #c1fd87

Monochromatic

  1. #04e5e7
  2. #3cfafc
  3. #87fcfd
  4. #d2fefe
  5. #ebfeff

Shades

#87fcfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87fcfd
  2. #7ae3e4
  3. #6ccaca
  4. #5fb0b1
  5. #519798
  6. #447e7f
  7. #366565
  8. #294c4c
  9. #1b3233
  10. #0e1919
  11. #000000

Tints

#87fcfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87fcfd
  2. #93fcfd
  3. #9ffdfd
  4. #abfdfe
  5. #b7fdfe
  6. #c3fefe
  7. #cffefe
  8. #dbfefe
  9. #e7feff
  10. #f3ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87fcfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87fcfd
  2. #86f0f1
  3. #86e3e4
  4. #85d7d8
  5. #84cacb
  6. #84bebf
  7. #83b2b2
  8. #82a5a6
  9. #819999
  10. #818c8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caf1f2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eff2fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dae3fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #42fffc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdf6fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfedfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #65fffc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87fcfd {
  color: #87fcfd;
}
Background
.bg-87fcfd {
  background-color: #87fcfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87fcfd {
  border: 2px solid #87fcfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87fcfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 252 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 97% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87fcfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87fcfd, #87c1fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87fcfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 252 253 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 1.83 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 4.71 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.48 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.48 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.61 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.10 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.34 #780302 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#87fcfd  rgb(135, 252, 253)  hsl(181, 97%, 76%)  Electric Blue
#fd8887  rgb(253, 136, 135)  hsl(1, 97%, 76%)  Light Coral
#fd87fc  rgb(253, 135, 252)  hsl(301, 97%, 76%)  Violet
#fcfd87  rgb(252, 253, 135)  hsl(61, 97%, 76%)  Pastel Yellow