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Recognised as Colour

#87CCAC

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

#87CCAC is a cyan with RGB values 135, 204, 172 and HSL 152°, 40%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#87CCAC#87CCAC
HEX#87CCAC
RGBrgb(135, 204, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8, 0.6745
RGB percentages52.9%, 80%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(152.2, 40.4%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.2, 33.8%, 80%)
CMYK33.8%, 0%, 15.7%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,899,756
CSS custom property--colour: #87CCAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51315WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.26:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#783353

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAC3AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEBAAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#77CCC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 11.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.5Turquoise · ΔE 20.7Light seagreen · ΔE 21Pale turquoise · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC87A7
Analogous#87CC8A, #87CACC
Triadic#AC87CC, #CCAC87
Split complementary#CC87CA, #CC8A87
Tetradic#8A87CC, #CC87A7, #CACC87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2FAF6
Lighter +20%#CFEADE
Lighter +10%#ABDBC5
Darker −10%#63BD93
Darker −20%#47A67A
Darker −30%#378360
Darker −40%#285F45
More saturated +25%#72E1AE
Less saturated −25%#9CB7AA

Channel breakdown

R135
G204
B172
Red135 (52.9%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue152.17°
Saturation (HSL)40.35%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 87 · G CC · B AC

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