Colour

#87DCFF

#87DCFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#87DCFF is a cyan with RGB values 135, 220, 255 and HSL 198°, 100%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#87DCFF#87DCFF

HEX#87DCFF

RGBrgb(135, 220, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8627, 1

RGB percentages52.9%, 86.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(197.5, 100%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 47.1%, 100%)

CMYK47.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,903,935

CSS custom property--colour: #87DCFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.71:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#782300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9D8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8CBFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Tritanopia#4BE6E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 7.9 Light blue · ΔE 14.8 Powder blue · ΔE 17.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 19 Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.17, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FFAA87

Analogous#87FFE6, #87A0FF

Triadic#FF87DC, #DCFF87

Split complementary#FF87A0, #FFE687

Tetradic#E687FF, #FFAA87, #A0FF87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EDFAFF

Lighter +10%#BAEBFF

Darker −10%#54CDFF

Darker −20%#21BEFF

Darker −30%#00A8ED

Darker −40%#0084BA

More saturated +25%#87DCFF

Less saturated −25%#96D6F0

Channel breakdown

R135

G220

B255

Red135 (52.9%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue197.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 87 · G DC · B FF

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