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Recognised as Colour

#87DEDF

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

#87DEDF is a cyan with RGB values 135, 222, 223 and HSL 181°, 58%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#87DEDF#87DEDF
HEX#87DEDF
RGBrgb(135, 222, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8706, 0.8745
RGB percentages52.9%, 87.1%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(180.7, 57.9%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.7, 39.5%, 87.5%)
CMYK39.5%, 0.4%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,904,415
CSS custom property--colour: #87DEDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.54:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#782120

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D6DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CBE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Tritanopia#60E3DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.5Powder blue · ΔE 12.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 15.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.9Sky blue · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF8887
Analogous#87DFB4, #87B2DF
Triadic#DF87DE, #DEDF87
Split complementary#DF87B2, #DFB487
Tetradic#B487DF, #DF8887, #B2DF87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8F4F4
Lighter +10%#AFE9EA
Darker −10%#5FD3D4
Darker −20%#36C8CA
Darker −30%#2BA0A2
Darker −40%#20797A
More saturated +25%#74F1F2
Less saturated −25%#9ACBCC

Channel breakdown

R135
G222
B223
Red135 (52.9%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue180.68°
Saturation (HSL)57.89%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G DE · B DF

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