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Recognised as Colour

#87DCDA

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

#87DCDA is a cyan with RGB values 135, 220, 218 and HSL 179°, 55%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#87DCDA#87DCDA
HEX#87DCDA
RGBrgb(135, 220, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8627, 0.8549
RGB percentages52.9%, 86.3%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(178.6, 54.8%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.6, 38.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK38.6%, 0%, 0.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,903,898
CSS custom property--colour: #87DCDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.28:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#782325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D4DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C9DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Tritanopia#63E1DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 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 text13.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.9Powder blue · ΔE 12.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 15.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.9Turquoise · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC8789
Analogous#87DCAF, #87B4DC
Triadic#DA87DC, #DCDA87
Split complementary#DC87B4, #DCAF87
Tetradic#AF87DC, #DC8789, #B4DC87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6F3F2
Lighter +10%#AEE8E6
Darker −10%#60D0CE
Darker −20%#39C4C1
Darker −30%#2E9C9A
Darker −40%#227573
More saturated +25%#74EFEC
Less saturated −25%#9AC9C8

Channel breakdown

R135
G220
B218
Red135 (52.9%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue178.59°
Saturation (HSL)54.84%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 87 · G DC · B DA

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