Colour

#87BEC8

#87BEC8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light blue

#87BEC8 is a cyan with RGB values 135, 190, 200 and HSL 189°, 37%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

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HEX#87BEC8

RGBrgb(135, 190, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.7451, 0.7843

RGB percentages52.9%, 74.5%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(189.2, 37.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.2, 32.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK32.5%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,896,200

CSS custom property--colour: #87BEC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.23:1

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

Contrast with black10.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3

Inverted#784137

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5BAC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AAB1C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Tritanopia#70C3C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 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 text10.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 11.1 Sky blue · ΔE 11.9 Powder blue · ΔE 12.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 11.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C89187

Analogous#87C8B2, #879DC8

Triadic#C887BE, #BEC887

Split complementary#C8879D, #C8B287

Tetradic#B287C8, #C89187, #9EC887

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0F7F8

Lighter +20%#CDE4E8

Lighter +10%#AAD1D8

Darker −10%#64ABB8

Darker −20%#4992A0

Darker −30%#39727D

Darker −40%#29525A

More saturated +25%#71CDDE

Less saturated −25%#9DAFB2

Channel breakdown

R135

G190

B200

Red135 (52.9%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue189.23°

Saturation (HSL)37.14%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 87 · G BE · B C8

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Colour values

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