Recognised as Colour

#87DBF0

#87DBF0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#87DBF0 is a cyan with RGB values 135, 219, 240 and HSL 192°, 78%, 74%. 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

#87DBF0#87DBF0

HEX#87DBF0

RGBrgb(135, 219, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8588, 0.9412

RGB percentages52.9%, 85.9%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(192, 77.8%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192, 43.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK43.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,903,664

CSS custom property--colour: #87DBF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.42:1

Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#78240F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCD6F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCC9F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Tritanopia#56E3E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.2 Light blue · ΔE 11.5 Powder blue · ΔE 12.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F09C87

Analogous#87F0D1, #87A7F0

Triadic#F087DB, #DBF087

Split complementary#F087A7, #F0D187

Tetradic#D187F0, #F09C87, #A7F087

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E2F6FB

Lighter +10%#B4E9F6

Darker −10%#5ACDEA

Darker −20%#2CC0E5

Darker −30%#19A3C5

Darker −40%#137D98

More saturated +25%#78E4FF

Less saturated −25%#98D1DF

Channel breakdown

R135

G219

B240

Red135 (52.9%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue192°

Saturation (HSL)77.78%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 87 · G DB · B F0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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