#87A5CB#87A5CB

#87A5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.065 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87A5CB
RGB	rgb(135, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(214, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(214, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -1.20, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 22.78, 266.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0173 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.065 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2230, 36.3714, 61.7055)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87A5CB #CBAD87

analogous

#87C7CB #87A5CB #8B87CB

triadic

#87A5CB #CB87A5 #A5CB87

tetradic

#87A5CB #CB87C7 #CBAD87 #87CB8B

square

#87A5CB #CB87C7 #CBAD87 #87CB8B

split-complementary

#87A5CB #CB8B87 #C7CB87

monochromatic

#416796 #5C85B8 #87A5CB #B2C5DE #DCE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#87A5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#87A5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87A5CB

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87A5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87A5CB	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87a5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.065 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acbfdb',
    500: '#87a5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87a5cb;
$custom-light: #acbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87a5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.529,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71311,
    "c": 0.06503,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87A5CB

secondary

#E2D8CC

accent

#7A33B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #87A5CB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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