Colour

#87EFEE

#87EFEE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#87EFEE is a cyan with RGB values 135, 239, 238 and HSL 179°, 76%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#87EFEE#87EFEE

HEX#87EFEE

RGBrgb(135, 239, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.9373, 0.9333

RGB percentages52.9%, 93.7%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(179.4, 76.5%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.4, 43.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK43.5%, 0%, 0.4%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,908,782

CSS custom property--colour: #87EFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.61:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#781011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E6EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1D8EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Tritanopia#52F5EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.5 Turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Powder blue · ΔE 16.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.9 Aqua · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EF8788

Analogous#87EFBA, #87BCEF

Triadic#EE87EF, #EFEE87

Split complementary#EF87BC, #EFBA87

Tetradic#BA87EF, #EF8788, #BCEF87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E1FBFB

Lighter +10%#B4F5F4

Darker −10%#5AE9E8

Darker −20%#2DE3E1

Darker −30%#1AC3C1

Darker −40%#149695

More saturated +25%#77FFFE

Less saturated −25%#98DEDD

Channel breakdown

R135

G239

B238

Red135 (52.9%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue179.42°

Saturation (HSL)76.47%

Lightness73.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 87 · G EF · B EE

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