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Recognised as Colour

#87BECD

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

#87BECD is a cyan with RGB values 135, 190, 205 and HSL 193°, 41%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#87BECD#87BECD
HEX#87BECD
RGBrgb(135, 190, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.7451, 0.8039
RGB percentages52.9%, 74.5%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(192.9, 41.2%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 34.1%, 80.4%)
CMYK34.1%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,896,205
CSS custom property--colour: #87BECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46386WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.28:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#784132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4BACEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B2CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6EC4C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.7Light blue · ΔE 10.7Powder blue · ΔE 13.4Light steelblue · ΔE 13.8Cadetblue · ΔE 15Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD9687
Analogous#87CDB9, #879BCD
Triadic#CD87BE, #BECD87
Split complementary#CD879B, #CDB987
Tetradic#B987CD, #CD9687, #9BCD87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F9FA
Lighter +20%#CFE5EB
Lighter +10%#ABD2DC
Darker −10%#63AABE
Darker −20%#4693A8
Darker −30%#377384
Darker −40%#285460
More saturated +25%#72CAE2
Less saturated −25%#9CB2B8

Channel breakdown

R135
G190
B205
Red135 (52.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue192.86°
Saturation (HSL)41.18%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G BE · B CD

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