#87B2EE#87B2EE

#87B2EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.099 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B2EE
RGB	rgb(135, 178, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(215, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, 0.97, -34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 34.47, 271.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0225 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.099 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3396, 43.1622, 87.0252)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B2EE #EEC387

analogous

#87E6EE #87B2EE #8F87EE

triadic

#87B2EE #EE87B2 #B2EE87

tetradic

#87B2EE #EE87E6 #EEC387 #87EE8F

square

#87B2EE #EE87E6 #EEC387 #87EE8F

split-complementary

#87B2EE #EE8F87 #E6EE87

monochromatic

#1F6EDC #5190E6 #87B2EE #BDD4F6 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#87B2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#87B2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B2EE

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B2EE	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60BFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 178, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.099 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec8f3',
    500: '#87b2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b2ee;
$custom-light: #aec8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.951,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75564,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B2EE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#830ED7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B2EE

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

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