#87AEE0#87AEE0

#87AEE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.084 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEE0
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 59%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 40%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -0.65, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 29.35, 268.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0219 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.084 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5780, 40.8027, 76.3495)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEE0 #E0B987

analogous

#87DAE0 #87AEE0 #8C87E0

triadic

#87AEE0 #E087AE #AEE087

tetradic

#87AEE0 #E087DA #E0B987 #87E08C

square

#87AEE0 #E087DA #E0B987 #87E08C

split-complementary

#87AEE0 #E08C87 #DAE087

monochromatic

#316EBC #568DD3 #87AEE0 #B8CFED #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#87AEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#87AEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEE0

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEE0	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.084 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6e9',
    500: '#87aee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aee0;
$custom-light: #adc6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.708,
    "s": 58.94,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.08433,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEE0

secondary

#EEE3D5

accent

#7D1FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEE0

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

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