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Recognised as Colour

#87D2E1

  • #87D2E1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#87D2E1 is a cyan with RGB values 135, 210, 225 and HSL 190°, 60%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#87D2E1#87D2E1
HEX#87D2E1
RGBrgb(135, 210, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8235, 0.8824
RGB percentages52.9%, 82.4%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(190, 60%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190, 40%, 88.2%)
CMYK40%, 6.7%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,901,345
CSS custom property--colour: #87D2E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.34:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#782D1E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CDE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C2E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#61D9D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8Light blue · ΔE 9.9Powder blue · ΔE 10.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.1Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Light steelblue · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E19687
Analogous#87E1C3, #87A5E1
Triadic#E187D2, #D2E187
Split complementary#E187A5, #E1C387
Tetradic#C387E1, #E19687, #A5E187

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9F1F5
Lighter +10%#B0E1EB
Darker −10%#5EC3D7
Darker −20%#35B3CD
Darker −30%#2991A6
Darker −40%#1F6D7D
More saturated +25%#74DFF4
Less saturated −25%#9AC5CE

Channel breakdown

R135
G210
B225
Red135 (52.9%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue190°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G D2 · B E1

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