Colour

#87B8FA

#87B8FA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light skyblue

#87B8FA is a blue with RGB values 135, 184, 250 and HSL 214°, 92%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#87B8FA#87B8FA

HEX#87B8FA

RGBrgb(135, 184, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.7216, 0.9804

RGB percentages52.9%, 72.2%, 98%

HSLhsl(214.4, 92%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(214.4, 46%, 98%)

CMYK46%, 26.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,894,714

CSS custom property--colour: #87B8FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.27:1

Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#784705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9FBBFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#91B0F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#58C7CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.5 Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.3 Steel blue · ΔE 22.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 23.1 Sky blue · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FAC987

Analogous#87F2FA, #8F87FA

Triadic#FA87B8, #B8FA87

Split complementary#FA8F87, #F2FA87

Tetradic#FA87F2, #FAC987, #87FA8F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E9F2FE

Lighter +10%#B8D5FC

Darker −10%#569BF8

Darker −20%#257EF6

Darker −30%#0964DF

Darker −40%#074EAE

More saturated +25%#82B7FF

Less saturated −25%#97BAEA

Channel breakdown

R135

G184

B250

Red135 (52.9%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue214.43°

Saturation (HSL)92%

Lightness75.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 87 · G B8 · B FA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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