#87ADD8#87ADD8

#87ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.075 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ADD8
RGB	rgb(135, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -2.23, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 25.93, 265.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0233 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.075 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3260, 39.9940, 70.7053)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ADD8 #D8B287

analogous

#87D6D8 #87ADD8 #8A87D8

triadic

#87ADD8 #D887AD #ADD887

tetradic

#87ADD8 #D887D6 #D8B287 #87D88A

square

#87ADD8 #D887D6 #D8B287 #87D88A

split-complementary

#87ADD8 #D88A87 #D6D887

monochromatic

#386FAD #598DC9 #87ADD8 #B5CDE7 #E3ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#87ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#87ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ADD8

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ADD8	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.075 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc5e4',
    500: '#87add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87add8;
$custom-light: #acc5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.852,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7356,
    "c": 0.07517,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ADD8

secondary

#E9DED1

accent

#7727BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ADD8

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

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