#87AEDB#87AEDB

#87AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.078 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEDB
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -1.99, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 26.97, 265.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0236 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.078 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9098, 40.5354, 72.8307)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEDB #DBB487

analogous

#87D8DB #87AEDB #8A87DB

triadic

#87AEDB #DB87AE #AEDB87

tetradic

#87AEDB #DB87D8 #DBB487 #87DB8A

square

#87AEDB #DB87D8 #DBB487 #87DB8A

split-complementary

#87AEDB #DB8A87 #D8DB87

monochromatic

#356FB2 #588ECD #87AEDB #B6CEE9 #E5EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#87AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#87AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEDB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#9DAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.078 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6e6',
    500: '#87aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aedb;
$custom-light: #adc6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73898,
    "c": 0.0781,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEDB

secondary

#EBE0D3

accent

#7824C1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEDB

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

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