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Recognised as Colour

#87EED6

  • #87EED6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#87EED6 is a cyan with RGB values 135, 238, 214 and HSL 166°, 75%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#87EED6#87EED6
HEX#87EED6
RGBrgb(135, 238, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.9333, 0.8392
RGB percentages52.9%, 93.3%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(166, 75.2%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166, 43.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK43.3%, 0%, 10.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,908,502
CSS custom property--colour: #87EED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.23:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#781129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E3D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D6D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#61F1E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 12.3Aquamarine · ΔE 13.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 12.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE879F
Analogous#87EEA3, #87D2EE
Triadic#D687EE, #EED687
Split complementary#EE87D2, #EEA387
Tetradic#A387EE, #EE879F, #D3EE87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0FBF5
Lighter +10%#B4F4E5
Darker −10%#5AE8C7
Darker −20%#2EE1B7
Darker −30%#1BC19A
Darker −40%#159476
More saturated +25%#76FFDF
Less saturated −25%#98DDCD

Channel breakdown

R135
G238
B214
Red135 (52.9%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue166.02°
Saturation (HSL)75.18%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 87 · G EE · B D6

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