#87AEDD#87AEDD

#87AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.081 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEDD
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -1.46, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 27.91, 267.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0229 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.081 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1747, 40.6414, 74.2257)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEDD #DDB687

analogous

#87D9DD #87AEDD #8B87DD

triadic

#87AEDD #DD87AE #AEDD87

tetradic

#87AEDD #DD87D9 #DDB687 #87DD8B

square

#87AEDD #DD87D9 #DDB687 #87DD8B

split-complementary

#87AEDD #DD8B87 #D9DD87

monochromatic

#346FB6 #578ECF #87AEDD #B7CEEB #E6EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#87AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#87AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEDD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEDD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.081 253.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.791,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73981,
    "c": 0.08057,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEDD

secondary

#ECE1D4

accent

#7A22C3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEDD

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

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