#87AFDC#87AFDC

#87AFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.079 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AFDC
RGB	rgb(135, 175, 220)
HSL	hsl(212, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -2.27, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 27.06, 265.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0245 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.079 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2358, 40.9761, 73.5907)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AFDC #DCB487

analogous

#87D9DC #87AFDC #8A87DC

triadic

#87AFDC #DC87AF #AFDC87

tetradic

#87AFDC #DC87D9 #DCB487 #87DC8A

square

#87AFDC #DC87D9 #DCB487 #87DC8A

split-complementary

#87AFDC #DC8A87 #D9DC87

monochromatic

#3571B4 #588FCE #87AFDC #B6CFEA #E6EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#87AFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#87AFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AFDC

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AFDC	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87afdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 175, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.079 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6e7',
    500: '#87afdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87afdc;
$custom-light: #adc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87afdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74154,
    "c": 0.07858,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AFDC

secondary

#ECE0D3

accent

#7723C2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AFDC

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

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