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Recognised as Colour

#87E0EE

  • #87E0EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#87E0EE is a cyan with RGB values 135, 224, 238 and HSL 188°, 75%, 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

#87E0EE#87E0EE
HEX#87E0EE
RGBrgb(135, 224, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.8784, 0.9333
RGB percentages52.9%, 87.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(188.2, 75.2%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.2, 43.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK43.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,904,942
CSS custom property--colour: #87E0EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.93:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#781F11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DAEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1CDEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#56E7E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 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 text13.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.1Sky blue · ΔE 11.5Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 12.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.4Light skyblue · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9587
Analogous#87EEC8, #87ADEE
Triadic#EE87E0, #E0EE87
Split complementary#EE87AD, #EEC987
Tetradic#C887EE, #EE9587, #ADEE87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0F7FB
Lighter +10%#B4ECF4
Darker −10%#5AD4E8
Darker −20%#2EC9E1
Darker −30%#1BAAC1
Darker −40%#158394
More saturated +25%#76ECFF
Less saturated −25%#98D4DD

Channel breakdown

R135
G224
B238
Red135 (52.9%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue188.16°
Saturation (HSL)75.18%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G E0 · B EE

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