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Recognised as Colour

#87AFE5

  • #87AFE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#87AFE5 is a blue with RGB values 135, 175, 229 and HSL 214°, 64%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#87AFE5#87AFE5
HEX#87AFE5
RGBrgb(135, 175, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.6863, 0.898
RGB percentages52.9%, 68.6%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(214.5, 64.4%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.5, 41%, 89.8%)
CMYK41%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,892,389
CSS custom property--colour: #87AFE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.29:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#78501A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BB2E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#90A8E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#65BBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 18.1Steel blue · ΔE 18.5Sky blue · ΔE 20.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5BD87
Analogous#87DEE5, #8E87E5
Triadic#E587AF, #AFE587
Split complementary#E58E87, #DEE587
Tetradic#E587DE, #E5BD87, #87E58E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBE7F7
Lighter +10%#B1CBEE
Darker −10%#5D93DC
Darker −20%#3377D3
Darker −30%#265FAD
Darker −40%#1C4884
More saturated +25%#75ACF7
Less saturated −25%#99B2D3

Channel breakdown

R135
G175
B229
Red135 (52.9%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue214.47°
Saturation (HSL)64.38%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G AF · B E5

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