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Recognised as Colour

#87D9EB

  • #87D9EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#87D9EB is a cyan with RGB values 135, 217, 235 and HSL 191°, 71%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#87D9EB#87D9EB
HEX#87D9EB
RGBrgb(135, 217, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.851, 0.9216
RGB percentages52.9%, 85.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(190.8, 71.4%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.8, 42.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK42.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,903,147
CSS custom property--colour: #87D9EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60775WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#782614

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD4ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#5AE1DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.9Light blue · ΔE 11Powder blue · ΔE 11.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.9Light skyblue · ΔE 15.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB9987
Analogous#87EBCB, #87A7EB
Triadic#EB87D9, #D9EB87
Split complementary#EB87A7, #EBCB87
Tetradic#CB87EB, #EB9987, #A7EB87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEF5FA
Lighter +10%#B3E7F2
Darker −10%#5BCBE4
Darker −20%#30BDDC
Darker −30%#1F9EBA
Darker −40%#18798E
More saturated +25%#76E4FC
Less saturated −25%#99CEDA

Channel breakdown

R135
G217
B235
Red135 (52.9%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue190.8°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G D9 · B EB

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