#87ADDE#87ADDE

#87ADDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.083 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ADDE
RGB	rgb(135, 173, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -0.64, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 28.79, 268.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0213 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.083 255)
XYZ	xyz(38.1159, 40.3099, 74.8653)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ADDE #DEB887

analogous

#87D9DE #87ADDE #8C87DE

triadic

#87ADDE #DE87AD #ADDE87

tetradic

#87ADDE #DE87D9 #DEB887 #87DE8C

square

#87ADDE #DE87D9 #DEB887 #87DE8C

split-complementary

#87ADDE #DE8C87 #D9DE87

monochromatic

#336DB8 #578CD1 #87ADDE #B7CEEB #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#87ADDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#87ADDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ADDE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ADDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ADDE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87adde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 173, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.083 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc5e8',
    500: '#87adde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87adde;
$custom-light: #adc5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87adde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.793,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7381,
    "c": 0.08262,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.40312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ADDE

secondary

#EDE2D4

accent

#7D21C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ADDE

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

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