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Recognised as Colour

#87DBE0

  • #87DBE0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#87DBE0 is a cyan with RGB values 135, 219, 224 and HSL 183°, 59%, 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

#87DBE0#87DBE0
HEX#87DBE0
RGBrgb(135, 219, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8588, 0.8784
RGB percentages52.9%, 85.9%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(183.4, 58.9%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.4, 39.7%, 87.8%)
CMYK39.7%, 2.2%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,903,648
CSS custom property--colour: #87DBE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.24:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#78241F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D4E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C8E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#60E1DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 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 text13.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.7Powder blue · ΔE 11Light blue · ΔE 13.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.5Sky blue · ΔE 14.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.74, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E08C87
Analogous#87E0B9, #87AEE0
Triadic#E087DB, #DBE087
Split complementary#E087AE, #E0B987
Tetradic#B987E0, #E08C87, #AEE087

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8F3F5
Lighter +10%#B0E7EA
Darker −10%#5ECFD6
Darker −20%#36C3CB
Darker −30%#2A9DA4
Darker −40%#20767B
More saturated +25%#74ECF3
Less saturated −25%#9ACACD

Channel breakdown

R135
G219
B224
Red135 (52.9%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue183.37°
Saturation (HSL)58.94%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G DB · B E0

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