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Recognised as Colour

#87DFF4

  • #87DFF4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#87DFF4 is a cyan with RGB values 135, 223, 244 and HSL 192°, 83%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#87DFF4#87DFF4
HEX#87DFF4
RGBrgb(135, 223, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8745, 0.9569
RGB percentages52.9%, 87.5%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(191.6, 83.2%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.6, 44.7%, 95.7%)
CMYK44.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,904,692
CSS custom property--colour: #87DFF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.89:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#78200B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DAF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BECCF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Tritanopia#53E7E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.5Light blue · ΔE 12.4Powder blue · ΔE 12.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.5Light skyblue · ΔE 15Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F49C87
Analogous#87F4D3, #87A8F4
Triadic#F487DF, #DFF487
Split complementary#F487A8, #F4D387
Tetradic#D387F4, #F49C87, #A9F487

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F8FD
Lighter +10%#B6EBF8
Darker −10%#58D3F0
Darker −20%#2AC6EB
Darker −30%#13ABCF
Darker −40%#0F84A0
More saturated +25%#7CE6FF
Less saturated −25%#97D5E4

Channel breakdown

R135
G223
B244
Red135 (52.9%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue191.56°
Saturation (HSL)83.21%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G DF · B F4

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