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Recognised as Colour

#87C3CB

  • #87C3CB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#87C3CB is a cyan with RGB values 135, 195, 203 and HSL 187°, 40%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#87C3CB#87C3CB
HEX#87C3CB
RGBrgb(135, 195, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.7647, 0.7961
RGB percentages52.9%, 76.5%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(187.1, 39.5%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.1, 33.5%, 79.6%)
CMYK33.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,897,483
CSS custom property--colour: #87C3CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48493WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.7:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#783C34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BABECCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB5CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6EC8C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 10.8Powder blue · ΔE 11.6Sky blue · ΔE 12.1Cadetblue · ΔE 14.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.6Light steelblue · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 10.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB8F87
Analogous#87CBB1, #87A1CB
Triadic#CB87C3, #C3CB87
Split complementary#CB87A1, #CBB187
Tetradic#B187CB, #CB8F87, #A1CB87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F8F9
Lighter +20%#CEE7EA
Lighter +10%#ABD5DA
Darker −10%#63B1BC
Darker −20%#479AA5
Darker −30%#387881
Darker −40%#29575D
More saturated +25%#71D3E1
Less saturated −25%#9CB3B5

Channel breakdown

R135
G195
B203
Red135 (52.9%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue187.06°
Saturation (HSL)39.53%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G C3 · B CB

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