#87ADD5#87ADD5

#87ADD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.072 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ADD5
RGB	rgb(135, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(211, 48%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 37%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -3.02, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 24.55, 262.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0243 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.072 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9417, 39.8402, 68.6813)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ADD5 #D5AF87

analogous

#87D4D5 #87ADD5 #8887D5

triadic

#87ADD5 #D587AD #ADD587

tetradic

#87ADD5 #D587D4 #D5AF87 #87D588

square

#87ADD5 #D587D4 #D5AF87 #87D588

split-complementary

#87ADD5 #D58887 #D4D587

monochromatic

#3A6FA7 #5A8EC5 #87ADD5 #B4CCE5 #E2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#87ADD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#87ADD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ADD5

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ADD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ADD5	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87add5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.072 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc5e2',
    500: '#87add5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87add5;
$custom-light: #acc5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87add5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.769,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73437,
    "c": 0.07153,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ADD5

secondary

#E8DCD0

accent

#752ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ADD5

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

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