#87ADD6#87ADD6

#87ADD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.073 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ADD6
RGB	rgb(135, 173, 214)
HSL	hsl(211, 49%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 37%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -2.76, -24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 25.00, 263.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.024 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.073 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0690, 39.8912, 69.3518)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ADD6 #D6B087

analogous

#87D4D6 #87ADD6 #8887D6

triadic

#87ADD6 #D687AD #ADD687

tetradic

#87ADD6 #D687D4 #D6B087 #87D688

square

#87ADD6 #D687D4 #D6B087 #87D688

split-complementary

#87ADD6 #D68887 #D4D687

monochromatic

#3A6FA9 #598EC6 #87ADD6 #B5CCE6 #E2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#87ADD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#87ADD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ADD6

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ADD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ADD6	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87add6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 173, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.073 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc5e2',
    500: '#87add6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87add6;
$custom-light: #acc5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87add6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.139,
    "s": 49.068,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73478,
    "c": 0.07273,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ADD6

secondary

#E8DDD1

accent

#7629BC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ADD6

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

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