#87AEDC#87AEDC

#87AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.079 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEDC
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(212, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -1.72, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 27.44, 266.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0233 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.079 253)
XYZ	xyz(38.0419, 40.5883, 73.5261)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEDC #DCB587

analogous

#87D8DC #87AEDC #8B87DC

triadic

#87AEDC #DC87AE #AEDC87

tetradic

#87AEDC #DC87D8 #DCB587 #87DC8B

square

#87AEDC #DC87D8 #DCB587 #87DC8B

split-complementary

#87AEDC #DC8B87 #D8DC87

monochromatic

#356FB4 #588ECE #87AEDC #B6CEEA #E6EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#87AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#87AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEDC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEDC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.079 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6e7',
    500: '#87aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aedc;
$custom-light: #adc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.471,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7394,
    "c": 0.07934,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.4059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEDC

secondary

#ECE0D3

accent

#7923C2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEDC

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

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