#87AED5#87AED5

#87AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.071 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AED5
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(210, 48%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 37%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -3.57, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 24.20, 261.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0256 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.071 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1342, 40.2252, 68.7455)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AED5 #D5AE87

analogous

#87D5D5 #87AED5 #8787D5

triadic

#87AED5 #D587AE #AED587

tetradic

#87AED5 #D587D5 #D5AE87 #87D587

square

#87AED5 #D587D5 #D5AE87 #87D587

split-complementary

#87AED5 #D58787 #D5D587

monochromatic

#3A71A7 #5A8FC5 #87AED5 #B4CDE5 #E2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#87AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#87AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AED5

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AED5	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.071 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc6e2',
    500: '#87aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aed5;
$custom-light: #acc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73653,
    "c": 0.07088,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AED5

secondary

#E8DCD0

accent

#732ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AED5

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

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