#87AFE6#87AFE6

#87AFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.091 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AFE6
RGB	rgb(135, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(215, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(215, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, 0.42, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 31.85, 270.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0213 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.091 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6000, 41.5218, 80.7754)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AFE6 #E6BE87

analogous

#87DFE6 #87AFE6 #8F87E6

triadic

#87AFE6 #E687AF #AFE687

tetradic

#87AFE6 #E687DF #E6BE87 #87E68F

square

#87AFE6 #E687DF #E6BE87 #87E68F

split-complementary

#87AFE6 #E68F87 #DFE687

monochromatic

#2A6DC9 #548DDB #87AFE6 #BAD1F1 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#87AFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#87AFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AFE6

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AFE6	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.091 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6ee',
    500: '#87afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87afe6;
$custom-light: #adc6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74579,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AFE6

secondary

#F1E6D8

accent

#8118CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AFE6

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

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