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Recognised as Colour

#87DCEC

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

#87DCEC is a cyan with RGB values 135, 220, 236 and HSL 190°, 73%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#87DCEC#87DCEC
HEX#87DCEC
RGBrgb(135, 220, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8627, 0.9255
RGB percentages52.9%, 86.3%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(189.5, 72.7%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 42.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK42.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,903,916
CSS custom property--colour: #87DCEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.48:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#782313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED6EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BECAECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#59E3E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 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 text13.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.5Powder blue · ΔE 11.4Light blue · ΔE 11.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.9Light skyblue · ΔE 17Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9787
Analogous#87ECCA, #87A9EC
Triadic#EC87DC, #DCEC87
Split complementary#EC87A9, #ECCA87
Tetradic#CA87EC, #EC9787, #AAEC87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFF6FA
Lighter +10%#B3E9F3
Darker −10%#5BCFE5
Darker −20%#2FC2DE
Darker −30%#1EA3BC
Darker −40%#177D90
More saturated +25%#76E8FD
Less saturated −25%#98D0DB

Channel breakdown

R135
G220
B236
Red135 (52.9%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue189.5°
Saturation (HSL)72.66%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G DC · B EC

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