#87AFBF#87AFBF

#87AFBF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.049 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AFBF
RGB	rgb(135, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -9.65, -12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 15.82, 232.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.035 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.049 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7227, 39.5708, 55.0885)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AFBF #BF9787

analogous

#87BFB3 #87AFBF #8793BF

triadic

#87AFBF #BF87AF #AFBF87

tetradic

#87AFBF #B387BF #BF9787 #93BF87

square

#87AFBF #B387BF #BF9787 #93BF87

split-complementary

#87AFBF #BF8793 #BFB387

monochromatic

#477385 #5F94AA #87AFBF #AFCAD4 #D7E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#87AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#87AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AFBF

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AFBF	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.049 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc6d2',
    500: '#87afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87afbf;
$custom-light: #abc6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73038,
    "c": 0.04893,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AFBF

secondary

#DBCDC7

accent

#5B3CA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AFBF

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

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