Colour

#87ACFE

#87ACFE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#87ACFE is a blue with RGB values 135, 172, 254 and HSL 221°, 98%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#87ACFE#87ACFE

HEX#87ACFE

RGBrgb(135, 172, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.6745, 0.9961

RGB percentages52.9%, 67.5%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(221.3, 98.3%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.3, 46.9%, 99.6%)

CMYK46.9%, 32.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,891,646

CSS custom property--colour: #87ACFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1

Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#785301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8DB3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#81A8FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#57BDCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10 Dodgerblue · ΔE 22 Steel blue · ΔE 25.6 Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 27 Light steelblue · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FED987

Analogous#87E8FE, #9E87FE

Triadic#FE87AC, #ACFE87

Split complementary#FE9D87, #E7FE87

Tetradic#FE87E7, #FED987, #87FE9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#ECF2FF

Lighter +10%#BACFFE

Darker −10%#5489FE

Darker −20%#2266FD

Darker −30%#024AEA

Darker −40%#023AB7

More saturated +25%#86ACFF

Less saturated −25%#96B2EF

Channel breakdown

R135

G172

B254

Red135 (52.9%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue221.34°

Saturation (HSL)98.35%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 87 · G AC · B FE

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