#87B4E5#87B4E5

#87B4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.086 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B4E5
RGB	rgb(135, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -2.60, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 29.38, 264.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0278 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.086 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4512, 43.4482, 80.3684)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B4E5 #E5B887

analogous

#87E3E5 #87B4E5 #8987E5

triadic

#87B4E5 #E587B4 #B4E587

tetradic

#87B4E5 #E587E3 #E5B887 #87E589

square

#87B4E5 #E587E3 #E5B887 #87E589

split-complementary

#87B4E5 #E58987 #E3E587

monochromatic

#2B75C7 #5595DA #87B4E5 #B9D3F0 #E6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#87B4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#87B4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B4E5

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B4E5	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.086 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adcaed',
    500: '#87b4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b4e5;
$custom-light: #adcaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.277,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75601,
    "c": 0.08584,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B4E5

secondary

#F0E4D8

accent

#7719CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B4E5

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

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