#87A5CC#87A5CC

#87A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.066 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87A5CC
RGB	rgb(135, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(214, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(214, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -0.94, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 23.26, 267.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.017 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.066 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3426, 36.4193, 62.3351)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87A5CC #CCAE87

analogous

#87C8CC #87A5CC #8C87CC

triadic

#87A5CC #CC87A5 #A5CC87

tetradic

#87A5CC #CC87C8 #CCAE87 #87CC8C

square

#87A5CC #CC87C8 #CCAE87 #87CC8C

split-complementary

#87A5CC #CC8C87 #C8CC87

monochromatic

#416798 #5C85BA #87A5CC #B2C5DE #DDE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#87A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#87A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87A5CC

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87A5CC	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.066 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acbfdb',
    500: '#87a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87a5cc;
$custom-light: #acbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71351,
    "c": 0.0663,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87A5CC

secondary

#E3D9CC

accent

#7B32B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #87A5CC

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

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