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Colour

#87CCDC

  • #87CCDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#87CCDC is a cyan with RGB values 135, 204, 220 and HSL 191°, 55%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#87CCDC#87CCDC
HEX#87CCDC
RGBrgb(135, 204, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8, 0.8627
RGB percentages52.9%, 80%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(191.3, 54.8%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.3, 38.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK38.6%, 7.3%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,899,804
CSS custom property--colour: #87CCDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.7:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#783323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C7DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2BDDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#65D3D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.1Light blue · ΔE 9.4Powder blue · ΔE 11.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.7Light skyblue · ΔE 15.4Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC9787
Analogous#87DCC1, #87A2DC
Triadic#DC87CC, #CCDC87
Split complementary#DC87A2, #DCC287
Tetradic#C187DC, #DC9787, #A2DC87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFEFF
Lighter +20%#D6EEF3
Lighter +10%#AEDDE8
Darker −10%#60BBD0
Darker −20%#39AAC4
Darker −30%#2E889C
Darker −40%#226575
More saturated +25%#74D8EF
Less saturated −25%#9AC0C9

Channel breakdown

R135
G204
B220
Red135 (52.9%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue191.29°
Saturation (HSL)54.84%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G CC · B DC

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