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Recognised as Colour

#87DBED

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

#87DBED is a cyan with RGB values 135, 219, 237 and HSL 191°, 74%, 73%. 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

#87DBED#87DBED
HEX#87DBED
RGBrgb(135, 219, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8588, 0.9294
RGB percentages52.9%, 85.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(190.6, 73.9%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.6, 43%, 92.9%)
CMYK43%, 7.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,903,661
CSS custom property--colour: #87DBED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200 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#782412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD5EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC9EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Tritanopia#58E3E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 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 8.4Light blue · ΔE 11.4Powder blue · ΔE 11.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.7Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED9987
Analogous#87EDCC, #87A8ED
Triadic#ED87DB, #DBED87
Split complementary#ED87A8, #EDCC87
Tetradic#CC87ED, #ED9987, #A8ED87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0F6FA
Lighter +10%#B3E8F4
Darker −10%#5BCEE6
Darker −20%#2EC0E0
Darker −30%#1DA2BE
Darker −40%#167C92
More saturated +25%#76E6FE
Less saturated −25%#98D0DC

Channel breakdown

R135
G219
B237
Red135 (52.9%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue190.59°
Saturation (HSL)73.91%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G DB · B ED

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