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Recognised as Colour

#87DAEE

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

#87DAEE is a cyan with RGB values 135, 218, 238 and HSL 192°, 75%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#87DAEE#87DAEE
HEX#87DAEE
RGBrgb(135, 218, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8549, 0.9333
RGB percentages52.9%, 85.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(191.7, 75.2%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.7, 43.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK43.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,903,406
CSS custom property--colour: #87DAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61467WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.29:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#782511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD5EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC8EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#58E2E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 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 text13.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.3Light blue · ΔE 11.2Powder blue · ΔE 12Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.5Light skyblue · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9B87
Analogous#87EECE, #87A7EE
Triadic#EE87DA, #DAEE87
Split complementary#EE87A7, #EECF87
Tetradic#CF87EE, #EE9B87, #A7EE87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0F6FB
Lighter +10%#B4E8F4
Darker −10%#5ACCE8
Darker −20%#2EBEE1
Darker −30%#1BA1C1
Darker −40%#157B94
More saturated +25%#76E4FF
Less saturated −25%#98D0DD

Channel breakdown

R135
G218
B238
Red135 (52.9%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue191.65°
Saturation (HSL)75.18%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G DA · B EE

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