#87A5CE#87A5CE

#87A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.069 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87A5CE
RGB	rgb(135, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(215, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(215, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -0.42, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 24.24, 269.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0163 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.069 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5840, 36.5158, 63.6066)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87A5CE #CEB087

analogous

#87C9CE #87A5CE #8D87CE

triadic

#87A5CE #CE87A5 #A5CE87

tetradic

#87A5CE #CE87C9 #CEB087 #87CE8D

square

#87A5CE #CE87C9 #CEB087 #87CE8D

split-complementary

#87A5CE #CE8D87 #C9CE87

monochromatic

#3F669B #5C84BC #87A5CE #B2C6E0 #DEE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#87A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#87A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87A5CE

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87A5CE	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.069 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acbfdd',
    500: '#87a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87a5ce;
$custom-light: #acbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.648,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71433,
    "c": 0.06886,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87A5CE

secondary

#E4DACD

accent

#7D30B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #87A5CE

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

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