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Recognised as Colour

#87BCAA

  • #87BCAA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#87BCAA is a cyan with RGB values 135, 188, 170 and HSL 160°, 28%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#87BCAA#87BCAA
HEX#87BCAA
RGBrgb(135, 188, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.7373, 0.6667
RGB percentages52.9%, 73.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(159.6, 28.3%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.6, 28.2%, 73.7%)
CMYK28.2%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,895,658
CSS custom property--colour: #87BCAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.8:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#784355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B5A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFAEABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7ABDB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 14.7Cadetblue · ΔE 15.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.1Powder blue · ΔE 19.4Light seagreen · ΔE 20.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 14.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC8799
Analogous#87BC8F, #87B3BC
Triadic#AA87BC, #BCAA87
Split complementary#BC87B3, #BC8F87
Tetradic#8F87BC, #BC8799, #B3BC87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F3F0
Lighter +20%#C8E1D8
Lighter +10%#A8CEC1
Darker −10%#66AA93
Darker −20%#4F8E79
Darker −30%#3D6D5D
Darker −40%#2B4C41
More saturated +25%#70D3B1
Less saturated −25%#9EA5A3

Channel breakdown

R135
G188
B170
Red135 (52.9%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue159.62°
Saturation (HSL)28.34%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 87 · G BC · B AA

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