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Recognised as Colour

#87DDC7

  • #87DDC7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#87DDC7 is a cyan with RGB values 135, 221, 199 and HSL 165°, 56%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#87DDC7#87DDC7
HEX#87DDC7
RGBrgb(135, 221, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8667, 0.7804
RGB percentages52.9%, 86.7%, 78%
HSLhsl(164.7, 55.8%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.7, 38.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK38.9%, 0%, 10%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,904,135
CSS custom property--colour: #87DDC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60987WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.2:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#782238

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D3C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9C9C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6BDFD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.8Turquoise · ΔE 14.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.4Aquamarine · ΔE 18.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 11.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD879D
Analogous#87DD9C, #87C8DD
Triadic#C787DD, #DDC787
Split complementary#DD87C8, #DD9C87
Tetradic#9C87DD, #DD879D, #C8DD87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6F4EC
Lighter +10%#AFE8DA
Darker −10%#5FD2B4
Darker −20%#38C6A2
Darker −30%#2D9E81
Darker −40%#227661
More saturated +25%#74F0D0
Less saturated −25%#9ACABE

Channel breakdown

R135
G221
B199
Red135 (52.9%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue164.65°
Saturation (HSL)55.84%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 87 · G DD · B C7

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