#87ABC6#87ABC6

#87ABC6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.056 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ABC6
RGB	rgb(135, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(206, 36%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -5.77, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 18.64, 251.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.027 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.056 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7445, 38.3523, 58.9872)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ABC6 #C6A287

analogous

#87C6C1 #87ABC6 #878CC6

triadic

#87ABC6 #C687AB #ABC687

tetradic

#87ABC6 #C187C6 #C6A287 #8CC687

square

#87ABC6 #C187C6 #C6A287 #8CC687

split-complementary

#87ABC6 #C6878C #C6C187

monochromatic

#446F8F #5E8EB2 #87ABC6 #B0C8DA #DAE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#87ABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#87ABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ABC6

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ABC6	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AAC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87abc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.056 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc4d7',
    500: '#87abc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87abc6;
$custom-light: #abc4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87abc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 35.593,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72415,
    "c": 0.05564,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ABC6

secondary

#DFD3CA

accent

#6A37AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ABC6

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

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