#87AEBE#87AEBE

#87AEBE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.048 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEBE
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -9.35, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 15.57, 233.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.034 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.048 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4191, 39.1392, 54.4463)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEBE #BE9787

analogous

#87BEB2 #87AEBE #8792BE

triadic

#87AEBE #BE87AE #AEBE87

tetradic

#87AEBE #B287BE #BE9787 #92BE87

square

#87AEBE #B287BE #BE9787 #92BE87

split-complementary

#87AEBE #BE8792 #BEB287

monochromatic

#477283 #5F93A8 #87AEBE #AFC9D4 #D6E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#87AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#87AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEBE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEBE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.048 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc6d1',
    500: '#87aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aebe;
$custom-light: #abc6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.455,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72781,
    "c": 0.0481,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEBE

secondary

#DACCC7

accent

#5C3DA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEBE

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

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