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Recognised as Colour

#87CAAB

  • #87CAAB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#87CAAB is a cyan with RGB values 135, 202, 171 and HSL 152°, 39%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#87CAAB#87CAAB
HEX#87CAAB
RGBrgb(135, 202, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.7922, 0.6706
RGB percentages52.9%, 79.2%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(152.2, 38.7%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.2, 33.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK33.2%, 0%, 15.3%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,899,243
CSS custom property--colour: #87CAAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.07:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#783554

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8C1A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCB9ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#77CAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 10.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.6Light seagreen · ΔE 20.8Turquoise · ΔE 21.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 10.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA87A6
Analogous#87CA89, #87C8CA
Triadic#AB87CA, #CAAB87
Split complementary#CA87C8, #CA8987
Tetradic#8987CA, #CA87A6, #C8CA87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F9F5
Lighter +20%#CEE9DD
Lighter +10%#AADAC4
Darker −10%#64BA92
Darker −20%#48A379
Darker −30%#38805F
Darker −40%#295C44
More saturated +25%#71E0AD
Less saturated −25%#9DB4A9

Channel breakdown

R135
G202
B171
Red135 (52.9%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue152.24°
Saturation (HSL)38.73%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 87 · G CA · B AB

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