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Recognised as Colour

#87D8FE

  • #87D8FE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#87D8FE is a cyan with RGB values 135, 216, 254 and HSL 199°, 98%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#87D8FE#87D8FE
HEX#87D8FE
RGBrgb(135, 216, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8471, 0.9961
RGB percentages52.9%, 84.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(199.2, 98.3%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 46.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK46.9%, 15%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,902,910
CSS custom property--colour: #87D8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.28:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#782701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5D5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4C8FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#4DE3E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.5Sky blue · ΔE 6Light blue · ΔE 15.3Light steelblue · ΔE 18Powder blue · ΔE 18.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEAD87
Analogous#87FEE9, #879CFE
Triadic#FE87D8, #D8FE87
Split complementary#FE879C, #FEE987
Tetradic#E987FE, #FEAD87, #9CFE87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF9FF
Lighter +10%#BAE8FE
Darker −10%#54C8FE
Darker −20%#22B7FD
Darker −30%#02A0EA
Darker −40%#027DB7
More saturated +25%#86D8FF
Less saturated −25%#96D3EF

Channel breakdown

R135
G216
B254
Red135 (52.9%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue199.16°
Saturation (HSL)98.35%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G D8 · B FE

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