#87ADD9#87ADD9

#87ADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.076 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ADD9
RGB	rgb(135, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 52%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -1.97, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 26.40, 265.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.023 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.076 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4557, 40.0458, 71.3882)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ADD9 #D9B387

analogous

#87D6D9 #87ADD9 #8A87D9

triadic

#87ADD9 #D987AD #ADD987

tetradic

#87ADD9 #D987D6 #D9B387 #87D98A

square

#87ADD9 #D987D6 #D9B387 #87D98A

split-complementary

#87ADD9 #D98A87 #D6D987

monochromatic

#376EAE #598DCA #87ADD9 #B5CDE8 #E4EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#87ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#87ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ADD9

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ADD9	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.076 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc5e5',
    500: '#87add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87add9;
$custom-light: #acc5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.195,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73601,
    "c": 0.07639,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ADD9

secondary

#EADFD2

accent

#7826BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ADD9

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

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