#87AFDB#87AFDB

#87AFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.077 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AFDB
RGB	rgb(135, 175, 219)
HSL	hsl(211, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -2.54, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 26.60, 264.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0248 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.077 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1037, 40.9233, 72.8953)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AFDB #DBB387

analogous

#87D9DB #87AFDB #8987DB

triadic

#87AFDB #DB87AF #AFDB87

tetradic

#87AFDB #DB87D9 #DBB387 #87DB89

square

#87AFDB #DB87D9 #DBB387 #87DB89

split-complementary

#87AFDB #DB8987 #D9DB87

monochromatic

#3571B2 #5890CD #87AFDB #B6CEE9 #E5EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#87AFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#87AFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AFDB

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AFDB	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87afdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 175, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.077 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6e6',
    500: '#87afdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87afdb;
$custom-light: #adc6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87afdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74113,
    "c": 0.07737,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AFDB

secondary

#EBDFD3

accent

#7624C1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AFDB

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

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