#87AEE3#87AEE3

#87AEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.088 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEE3
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(215, 62%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 0.16, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 30.81, 270.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.021 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.088 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9884, 40.9669, 78.5112)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEE3 #E3BC87

analogous

#87DCE3 #87AEE3 #8E87E3

triadic

#87AEE3 #E387AE #AEE387

tetradic

#87AEE3 #E387DC #E3BC87 #87E38E

square

#87AEE3 #E387DC #E3BC87 #87E38E

split-complementary

#87AEE3 #E38E87 #DCE387

monochromatic

#2D6CC2 #558DD7 #87AEE3 #B9CFEF #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#87AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#87AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEE3

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEE3	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.088 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6ec',
    500: '#87aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aee3;
$custom-light: #adc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.565,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74237,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEE3

secondary

#EFE5D7

accent

#801CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEE3

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

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