Recognised as Colour

#87BACE

#87BACE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#87BACE is a cyan with RGB values 135, 186, 206 and HSL 197°, 42%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#87BACE#87BACE

HEX#87BACE

RGBrgb(135, 186, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.7294, 0.8078

RGB percentages52.9%, 72.9%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(196.9, 42%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.9, 34.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK34.5%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,895,182

CSS custom property--colour: #87BACE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.94:1

Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#784531

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFB7CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4AFCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Tritanopia#6EC0C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.2 Light blue · ΔE 11.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 12 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9 Powder blue · ΔE 15.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.25, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CE9B87

Analogous#87CEBF, #8797CE

Triadic#CE87BA, #BACE87

Split complementary#CE8797, #CEBF87

Tetradic#BF87CE, #CE9B87, #97CE87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F8FA

Lighter +20%#CFE4EC

Lighter +10%#ABCFDD

Darker −10%#63A5BF

Darker −20%#458DAA

Darker −30%#376F85

Darker −40%#285161

More saturated +25%#72C3E3

Less saturated −25%#9CB1B9

Channel breakdown

R135

G186

B206

Red135 (52.9%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue196.9°

Saturation (HSL)42.01%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 87 · G BA · B CE

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Colour values

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