#87AED8#87AED8

#87AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.074 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AED8
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(211, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -2.78, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 25.57, 263.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0246 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.074 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5185, 40.3789, 70.7694)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AED8 #D8B187

analogous

#87D7D8 #87AED8 #8987D8

triadic

#87AED8 #D887AE #AED887

tetradic

#87AED8 #D887D7 #D8B187 #87D889

square

#87AED8 #D887D7 #D8B187 #87D889

split-complementary

#87AED8 #D88987 #D7D887

monochromatic

#3870AD #598FC9 #87AED8 #B5CDE7 #E3ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#87AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#87AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AED8

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AED8	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.074 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc6e4',
    500: '#87aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aed8;
$custom-light: #acc6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.111,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73774,
    "c": 0.07445,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AED8

secondary

#E9DED1

accent

#7627BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AED8

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

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