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Recognised as Colour

#87A7ED

  • #87A7ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#87A7ED is a blue with RGB values 135, 167, 237 and HSL 221°, 74%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#87A7ED#87A7ED
HEX#87A7ED
RGBrgb(135, 167, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.6549, 0.9294
RGB percentages52.9%, 65.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(221.2, 73.9%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.2, 43%, 92.9%)
CMYK43%, 29.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,890,349
CSS custom property--colour: #87A7ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38903WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#785812

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8EADF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#83A3EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#62B6C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.9Steel blue · ΔE 20.6Light skyblue · ΔE 23.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.1Light steelblue · ΔE 26.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDCD87
Analogous#87DAED, #9A87ED
Triadic#ED87A7, #A7ED87
Split complementary#ED9A87, #DAED87
Tetradic#ED87DA, #EDCD87, #87ED9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0E8FA
Lighter +10%#B3C8F4
Darker −10%#5B86E6
Darker −20%#2E66E0
Darker −30%#1D4FBE
Darker −40%#163D92
More saturated +25%#76A1FE
Less saturated −25%#98ADDC

Channel breakdown

R135
G167
B237
Red135 (52.9%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue221.18°
Saturation (HSL)73.91%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G A7 · B ED

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