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Colour

#87DBDD

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

#87DBDD is a cyan with RGB values 135, 219, 221 and HSL 181°, 56%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#87DBDD#87DBDD
HEX#87DBDD
RGBrgb(135, 219, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8588, 0.8667
RGB percentages52.9%, 85.9%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(181.4, 55.8%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.4, 38.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK38.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,903,645
CSS custom property--colour: #87DBDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61034WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.21:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#782422

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D4DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C8DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#61E0DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.7Powder blue · ΔE 11.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6Light blue · ΔE 14.3Sky blue · ΔE 16.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD8987
Analogous#87DDB4, #87B0DD
Triadic#DD87DB, #DBDD87
Split complementary#DD87B0, #DDB487
Tetradic#B487DD, #DD8987, #B0DD87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6F3F4
Lighter +10%#AFE7E8
Darker −10%#5FCFD2
Darker −20%#38C3C6
Darker −30%#2D9C9E
Darker −40%#227476
More saturated +25%#74EDF0
Less saturated −25%#9AC9CA

Channel breakdown

R135
G219
B221
Red135 (52.9%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue181.4°
Saturation (HSL)55.84%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G DB · B DD

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