Colour

#87FFE6

#87FFE6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#87FFE6 is a cyan with RGB values 135, 255, 230 and HSL 168°, 100%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#87FFE6#87FFE6

HEX#87FFE6

RGBrgb(135, 255, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 1, 0.902

RGB percentages52.9%, 100%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(167.5, 100%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167.5, 47.1%, 100%)

CMYK47.1%, 0%, 9.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,912,870

CSS custom property--colour: #87FFE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.48:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#780019

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7F3E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E4E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Tritanopia#53FFF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 10.1 Turquoise · ΔE 13.5 Aqua · ΔE 17.8 Cyan · ΔE 17.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.8

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 10.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF87A0

Analogous#87FFAA, #87DCFF

Triadic#E687FF, #FFE687

Split complementary#FF87DC, #FFAA87

Tetradic#AA87FF, #FF87A0, #DCFF87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EDFFFB

Lighter +10%#BAFFF1

Darker −10%#54FFDB

Darker −20%#21FFD1

Darker −30%#00EDBC

Darker −40%#00BA93

More saturated +25%#87FFE6

Less saturated −25%#96F0DD

Channel breakdown

R135

G255

B230

Red135 (52.9%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue167.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 87 · G FF · B E6

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