#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
RGBrgb(135, 174, 224)
HSLhsl(214, 59%, 70%)
HSVhsv(214, 40%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(39.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.04, -0.65, -29.34)
CIE-LCHlch(70.04, 29.35, 268.73°)
OKLaboklab(74.11% -0.0219 -0.0814)
OKLCHoklch(74.11% 0.084 254.9)
XYZxyz(38.5780, 40.8027, 76.3495)
Luminance0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##87AEE01.002.299.169.16
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1621.001.001.00
##0000009.1621.001.001.00

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

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#87AEE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva