#87ABC5#87ABC5

#87ABC5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.055 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ABC5
RGB	rgb(135, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(205, 35%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 31%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -6.02, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 18.25, 250.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0274 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.055 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6295, 38.3064, 58.3817)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ABC5 #C5A187

analogous

#87C5C0 #87ABC5 #878CC5

triadic

#87ABC5 #C587AB #ABC587

tetradic

#87ABC5 #C087C5 #C5A187 #8CC587

square

#87ABC5 #C087C5 #C5A187 #8CC587

split-complementary

#87ABC5 #C5878C #C5C087

monochromatic

#446F8D #5E8EB1 #87ABC5 #B0C8D9 #DAE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#87ABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#87ABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ABC5

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ABC5	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AAC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87abc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.055 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc4d6',
    500: '#87abc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87abc5;
$custom-light: #abc4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87abc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.161,
    "s": 34.831,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72378,
    "c": 0.05461,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ABC5

secondary

#DED2C9

accent

#6938AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ABC5

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

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