#87AFD8#87AFD8

#87AFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.074 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AFD8
RGB	rgb(135, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(210, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(210, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -3.33, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 25.22, 262.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0259 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.074 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7124, 40.7667, 70.8341)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AFD8 #D8B087

analogous

#87D8D8 #87AFD8 #8887D8

triadic

#87AFD8 #D887AF #AFD887

tetradic

#87AFD8 #D887D8 #D8B087 #87D888

square

#87AFD8 #D887D8 #D8B087 #87D888

split-complementary

#87AFD8 #D88887 #D8D887

monochromatic

#3872AD #5990C9 #87AFD8 #B5CEE7 #E3EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#87AFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#87AFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AFD8

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AFD8	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87afd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.074 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc6e4',
    500: '#87afd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87afd8;
$custom-light: #acc6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87afd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.37,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7399,
    "c": 0.07377,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AFD8

secondary

#E9DED1

accent

#7427BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AFD8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →