Colour

#87E7FC

#87E7FC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#87E7FC is a cyan with RGB values 135, 231, 252 and HSL 191°, 95%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#87E7FC#87E7FC

HEX#87E7FC

RGBrgb(135, 231, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.9059, 0.9882

RGB percentages52.9%, 90.6%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(190.8, 95.1%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.8, 46.4%, 98.8%)

CMYK46.4%, 8.3%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,906,748

CSS custom property--colour: #87E7FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.87:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#781803

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7E1FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4D3FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#4AF0EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.5 Powder blue · ΔE 14.2 Light blue · ΔE 14.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FC9C87

Analogous#87FCD6, #87ADFC

Triadic#FC87E7, #E7FC87

Split complementary#FC87AD, #FCD687

Tetradic#D687FC, #FC9C87, #ACFC87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EBFBFE

Lighter +10%#B9F1FD

Darker −10%#55DDFB

Darker −20%#23D3FA

Darker −30%#06BCE4

Darker −40%#0493B3

More saturated +25%#84E9FF

Less saturated −25%#96DDED

Channel breakdown

R135

G231

B252

Red135 (52.9%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue190.77°

Saturation (HSL)95.12%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 87 · G E7 · B FC

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Colour values

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