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Colour

#87DEC5

  • #87DEC5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#87DEC5 is a cyan with RGB values 135, 222, 197 and HSL 163°, 57%, 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 Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#87DEC5#87DEC5
HEX#87DEC5
RGBrgb(135, 222, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8706, 0.7725
RGB percentages52.9%, 87.1%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(162.8, 56.9%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.8, 39.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK39.2%, 0%, 11.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,904,389
CSS custom property--colour: #87DEC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197 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#78213A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9D4C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAC9C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#6BE0D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 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

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.4Turquoise · ΔE 14.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.7Aquamarine · ΔE 17.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE87A0
Analogous#87DE9A, #87CCDE
Triadic#C587DE, #DEC587
Split complementary#DE87CC, #DE9987
Tetradic#9987DE, #DE87A0, #CBDE87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7F4EC
Lighter +10%#AFE9D8
Darker −10%#5FD3B2
Darker −20%#37C89E
Darker −30%#2CA07F
Darker −40%#21785F
More saturated +25%#74F1CD
Less saturated −25%#9ACBBD

Channel breakdown

R135
G222
B197
Red135 (52.9%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue162.76°
Saturation (HSL)56.86%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 87 · G DE · B C5

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