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Recognised as Colour

#87D9FE

  • #87D9FE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#87D9FE is a cyan with RGB values 135, 217, 254 and HSL 199°, 98%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#87D9FE#87D9FE
HEX#87D9FE
RGBrgb(135, 217, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.851, 0.9961
RGB percentages52.9%, 85.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(198.7, 98.3%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.7, 46.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK46.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,903,166
CSS custom property--colour: #87D9FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61932WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.39:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#782601

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5C9FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#4DE4E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.9Light skyblue · ΔE 6.2Light blue · ΔE 15.1Powder blue · ΔE 18.1Light steelblue · ΔE 18.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEAC87
Analogous#87FEE8, #879DFE
Triadic#FE87D9, #D9FE87
Split complementary#FE879E, #FEE787
Tetradic#E787FE, #FEAC87, #9DFE87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF9FF
Lighter +10%#BAE9FE
Darker −10%#54C9FE
Darker −20%#22B9FD
Darker −30%#02A2EA
Darker −40%#027FB7
More saturated +25%#86D9FF
Less saturated −25%#96D3EF

Channel breakdown

R135
G217
B254
Red135 (52.9%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue198.66°
Saturation (HSL)98.35%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G D9 · B FE

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