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Recognised as Colour

#87BBCA

  • #87BBCA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#87BBCA is a cyan with RGB values 135, 187, 202 and HSL 193°, 39%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#87BBCA#87BBCA
HEX#87BBCA
RGBrgb(135, 187, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.7333, 0.7922
RGB percentages52.9%, 73.3%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(193.4, 38.7%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.4, 33.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK33.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,895,434
CSS custom property--colour: #87BBCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.99:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#784435

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B8CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6AFCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#6FC1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.5Light blue · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Powder blue · ΔE 14.2Cadetblue · ΔE 14.4Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA9687
Analogous#87CAB8, #8799CA
Triadic#CA87BB, #BBCA87
Split complementary#CA8799, #CAB887
Tetradic#B887CA, #CA9687, #99CA87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F7F9
Lighter +20%#CEE3E9
Lighter +10%#AACFDA
Darker −10%#64A7BA
Darker −20%#488FA3
Darker −30%#387080
Darker −40%#29515C
More saturated +25%#71C7E0
Less saturated −25%#9DAFB4

Channel breakdown

R135
G187
B202
Red135 (52.9%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue193.43°
Saturation (HSL)38.73%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G BB · B CA

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