#87ADE2#87ADE2

#87ADE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.088 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ADE2
RGB	rgb(135, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 61%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 0.44, -30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 30.74, 270.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0201 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.088 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6583, 40.5269, 77.7222)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ADE2 #E2BC87

analogous

#87DAE2 #87ADE2 #8E87E2

triadic

#87ADE2 #E287AD #ADE287

tetradic

#87ADE2 #E287DA #E2BC87 #87E28E

square

#87ADE2 #E287DA #E2BC87 #87E28E

split-complementary

#87ADE2 #E28E87 #DAE287

monochromatic

#2E6BC0 #568BD6 #87ADE2 #B8CFEE #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#87ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#87ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ADE2

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ADE2	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.088 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc5eb',
    500: '#87ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ade2;
$custom-light: #adc5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.945,
    "s": 61.074,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73981,
    "c": 0.08771,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ADE2

secondary

#EFE4D6

accent

#811DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ADE2

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

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