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Recognised as Colour

#87E9EF

  • #87E9EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#87E9EF is a cyan with RGB values 135, 233, 239 and HSL 183°, 76%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#87E9EF#87E9EF
HEX#87E9EF
RGBrgb(135, 233, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.9137, 0.9373
RGB percentages52.9%, 91.4%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(183.5, 76.5%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.5, 43.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK43.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,907,247
CSS custom property--colour: #87E9EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69661WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.93:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#781610

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE1F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD4F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#53EFEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 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 text14.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10Powder blue · ΔE 13.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.6Light blue · ΔE 16.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.3Sky blue · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF8D87
Analogous#87EFC1, #87B5EF
Triadic#EF87E9, #E9EF87
Split complementary#EF87B5, #EFC187
Tetradic#C187EF, #EF8D87, #B5EF87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1FAFB
Lighter +10%#B4F1F5
Darker −10%#5AE1E9
Darker −20%#2DD9E3
Darker −30%#1AB9C3
Darker −40%#148F96
More saturated +25%#77F7FF
Less saturated −25%#98DADE

Channel breakdown

R135
G233
B239
Red135 (52.9%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue183.46°
Saturation (HSL)76.47%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G E9 · B EF

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