#87B4E0#87B4E0

#87B4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.080 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B4E0
RGB	rgb(135, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(210, 59%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 40%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -3.94, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 27.12, 261.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0295 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.08 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7631, 43.1730, 76.7445)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B4E0 #E0B387

analogous

#87E0DF #87B4E0 #8787E0

triadic

#87B4E0 #E087B4 #B4E087

tetradic

#87B4E0 #DF87E0 #E0B387 #87E087

square

#87B4E0 #DF87E0 #E0B387 #87E087

split-complementary

#87B4E0 #E08787 #E0DF87

monochromatic

#3177BC #5696D3 #87B4E0 #B8D2ED #E7F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#87B4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#87B4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B4E0

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B4E0	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.080 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adcae9',
    500: '#87b4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b4e0;
$custom-light: #adcae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.663,
    "s": 58.94,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75393,
    "c": 0.07991,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B4E0

secondary

#EEE1D5

accent

#721FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B4E0

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

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