#87B1E8#87B1E8

#87B1E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.092 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B1E8
RGB	rgb(135, 177, 232)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 23.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -0.13, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 31.98, 269.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0231 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.092 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2746, 42.4190, 82.3938)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B1E8 #E8BE87

analogous

#87E1E8 #87B1E8 #8E87E8

triadic

#87B1E8 #E887B1 #B1E887

tetradic

#87B1E8 #E887E1 #E8BE87 #87E88E

square

#87B1E8 #E887E1 #E8BE87 #87E88E

split-complementary

#87B1E8 #E88E87 #E1E887

monochromatic

#276FCD #5490DE #87B1E8 #BAD2F2 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#87B1E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#87B1E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B1E8

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B1E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B1E8	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b1e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 177, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.092 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc8ef',
    500: '#87b1e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b1e8;
$custom-light: #adc8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b1e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.021,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7509,
    "c": 0.09191,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B1E8

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#7F16D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B1E8

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

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