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Recognised as Colour

#87DAD3

  • #87DAD3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#87DAD3 is a cyan with RGB values 135, 218, 211 and HSL 175°, 53%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#87DAD3#87DAD3
HEX#87DAD3
RGBrgb(135, 218, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8549, 0.8275
RGB percentages52.9%, 85.5%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(174.9, 52.9%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.9, 38.1%, 85.5%)
CMYK38.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,903,379
CSS custom property--colour: #87DAD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59997WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#78252C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D2D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C7D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#66DED8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.3Powder blue · ΔE 13.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.3Turquoise · ΔE 17.3Light blue · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA878E
Analogous#87DAA9, #87B8DA
Triadic#D387DA, #DAD387
Split complementary#DA87B8, #DAA987
Tetradic#AA87DA, #DA878E, #B8DA87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFEFE
Lighter +20%#D5F2F0
Lighter +10%#AEE6E1
Darker −10%#60CEC5
Darker −20%#3BC0B5
Darker −30%#2F9990
Darker −40%#23726B
More saturated +25%#73EEE3
Less saturated −25%#9BC6C3

Channel breakdown

R135
G218
B211
Red135 (52.9%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue174.94°
Saturation (HSL)52.87%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 87 · G DA · B D3

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