#87B4E4#87B4E4

#87B4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.085 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B4E4
RGB	rgb(135, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -2.87, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 28.92, 264.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0281 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.085 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3119, 43.3925, 79.6352)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B4E4 #E4B787

analogous

#87E2E4 #87B4E4 #8887E4

triadic

#87B4E4 #E487B4 #B4E487

tetradic

#87B4E4 #E487E2 #E4B787 #87E488

square

#87B4E4 #E487E2 #E4B787 #87E488

split-complementary

#87B4E4 #E48887 #E2E487

monochromatic

#2C76C4 #5595D9 #87B4E4 #B9D3EF #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#87B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#87B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B4E4

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B4E4	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.085 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adcaec',
    500: '#87b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b4e4;
$custom-light: #adcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.968,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B4E4

secondary

#F0E4D7

accent

#761ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B4E4

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

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