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Recognised as Colour

#87ABFB

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

#87ABFB is a blue with RGB values 135, 171, 251 and HSL 221°, 94%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#87ABFB#87ABFB
HEX#87ABFB
RGBrgb(135, 171, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.6706, 0.9843
RGB percentages52.9%, 67.1%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(221.4, 93.5%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.4, 46.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK46.2%, 31.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,891,387
CSS custom property--colour: #87ABFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#785404

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DB2FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#81A7F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#59BCC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.7Steel blue · ΔE 24.7Light skyblue · ΔE 26.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.3Light steelblue · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBD787
Analogous#87E5FB, #9D87FB
Triadic#FB87AB, #ABFB87
Split complementary#FB9D87, #E5FB87
Tetradic#FB87E5, #FBD787, #87FB9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAF0FE
Lighter +10%#B8CEFD
Darker −10%#5688F9
Darker −20%#2466F8
Darker −30%#084BE1
Darker −40%#063BB0
More saturated +25%#83A9FF
Less saturated −25%#97B1EB

Channel breakdown

R135
G171
B251
Red135 (52.9%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue221.38°
Saturation (HSL)93.55%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G AB · B FB

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