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Recognised as Colour

#87E0EC

  • #87E0EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#87E0EC is a cyan with RGB values 135, 224, 236 and HSL 187°, 73%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#87E0EC#87E0EC
HEX#87E0EC
RGBrgb(135, 224, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8784, 0.9255
RGB percentages52.9%, 87.8%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(187.1, 72.7%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.1, 42.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK42.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,904,940
CSS custom property--colour: #87E0EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.9:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#781F13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D9EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2CDECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Tritanopia#58E7E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 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 text13.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.6Powder blue · ΔE 11.6Sky blue · ΔE 12.4Light blue · ΔE 13.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9387
Analogous#87ECC6, #87AEEC
Triadic#EC87E0, #E0EC87
Split complementary#EC87AE, #ECC687
Tetradic#C687EC, #EC9387, #AEEC87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFF7FA
Lighter +10%#B3EBF3
Darker −10%#5BD5E5
Darker −20%#2FC9DE
Darker −30%#1EA9BC
Darker −40%#178290
More saturated +25%#76EDFD
Less saturated −25%#98D3DB

Channel breakdown

R135
G224
B236
Red135 (52.9%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue187.13°
Saturation (HSL)72.66%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G E0 · B EC

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