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Recognised as Colour

#87CFFF

  • #87CFFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#87CFFF is a blue with RGB values 135, 207, 255 and HSL 204°, 100%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#87CFFF#87CFFF
HEX#87CFFF
RGBrgb(135, 207, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8118, 1
RGB percentages52.9%, 81.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(204, 100%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204, 47.1%, 100%)
CMYK47.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,900,607
CSS custom property--colour: #87CFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56997WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.4:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#783000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BACEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9C1FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#4FDBDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 2.2Sky blue · ΔE 10.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.2Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 19.4Powder blue · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 2.19, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFB787
Analogous#87FFF3, #8793FF
Triadic#FF87CF, #CFFF87
Split complementary#FF8793, #FFF387
Tetradic#F387FF, #FFB787, #93FF87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF8FF
Lighter +10%#BAE3FF
Darker −10%#54BBFF
Darker −20%#21A6FF
Darker −30%#008EED
Darker −40%#0070BA
More saturated +25%#87CFFF
Less saturated −25%#96CCF0

Channel breakdown

R135
G207
B255
Red135 (52.9%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue204°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G CF · B FF

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