#87AED6#87AED6

#87AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.072 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AED6
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(210, 49%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 37%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -3.31, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 24.66, 262.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0253 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.072 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2615, 40.2761, 69.4160)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AED6 #D6AF87

analogous

#87D5D6 #87AED6 #8787D6

triadic

#87AED6 #D687AE #AED687

tetradic

#87AED6 #D687D5 #D6AF87 #87D687

square

#87AED6 #D687D5 #D6AF87 #87D687

split-complementary

#87AED6 #D68787 #D5D687

monochromatic

#3A71A9 #598FC6 #87AED6 #B5CDE6 #E2ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#87AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#87AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AED6

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AED6	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)

#9FAFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.072 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc6e2',
    500: '#87aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aed6;
$custom-light: #acc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.38,
    "s": 49.068,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73693,
    "c": 0.07206,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AED6

secondary

#E8DDD1

accent

#7429BC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AED6

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

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