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Recognised as Colour

#87E6DB

  • #87E6DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#87E6DB is a cyan with RGB values 135, 230, 219 and HSL 173°, 66%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#87E6DB#87E6DB
HEX#87E6DB
RGBrgb(135, 230, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.902, 0.8588
RGB percentages52.9%, 90.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(173.1, 65.5%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.1, 41.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK41.3%, 0%, 4.8%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,906,459
CSS custom property--colour: #87E6DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.37:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#781924

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDDDDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD0DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#60EAE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.4Turquoise · ΔE 14Dark turquoise · ΔE 17Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.1Powder blue · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 11.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E68792
Analogous#87E6AC, #87C1E6
Triadic#DB87E6, #E6DB87
Split complementary#E687C1, #E6AC87
Tetradic#AB87E6, #E68792, #C1E687

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBF8F4
Lighter +10%#B1EFE8
Darker −10%#5DDDCE
Darker −20%#33D4C2
Darker −30%#25AF9F
Darker −40%#1C8579
More saturated +25%#75F8E9
Less saturated −25%#99D4CD

Channel breakdown

R135
G230
B219
Red135 (52.9%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue173.05°
Saturation (HSL)65.52%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 87 · G E6 · B DB

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