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Recognised as Colour

#87FCE5

  • #87FCE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#87FCE5 is a cyan with RGB values 135, 252, 229 and HSL 168°, 95%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#87FCE5#87FCE5
HEX#87FCE5
RGBrgb(135, 252, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.9882, 0.898
RGB percentages52.9%, 98.8%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(168.2, 95.1%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.2, 46.4%, 98.8%)
CMYK46.4%, 0%, 9.1%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,912,101
CSS custom property--colour: #87FCE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.09:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#78031A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4F0E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0E2E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#54FFF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 11.3Turquoise · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.6Aqua · ΔE 17.7Cyan · ΔE 17.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 11.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FC879E
Analogous#87FCAA, #87D9FC
Triadic#E587FC, #FCE587
Split complementary#FC87D9, #FCAA87
Tetradic#AA87FC, #FC879E, #D9FC87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBFEFB
Lighter +10%#B9FDF0
Darker −10%#55FBDA
Darker −20%#23FACF
Darker −30%#06E4B9
Darker −40%#04B390
More saturated +25%#84FFE7
Less saturated −25%#96EDDC

Channel breakdown

R135
G252
B229
Red135 (52.9%)
Green252 (98.8%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue168.21°
Saturation (HSL)95.12%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 87 · G FC · B E5

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