#87B4E6#87B4E6

#87B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.087 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B4E6
RGB	rgb(135, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -2.33, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 29.84, 265.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0275 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.087 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5912, 43.5042, 81.1058)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B4E6 #E6B987

analogous

#87E4E6 #87B4E6 #8A87E6

triadic

#87B4E6 #E687B4 #B4E687

tetradic

#87B4E6 #E687E4 #E6B987 #87E68A

square

#87B4E6 #E687E4 #E6B987 #87E68A

split-complementary

#87B4E6 #E68A87 #E4E687

monochromatic

#2A75C9 #5494DB #87B4E6 #BAD4F1 #E6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#87B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#87B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B4E6

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B4E6	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.087 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adcaee',
    500: '#87b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b4e6;
$custom-light: #adcaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75643,
    "c": 0.08705,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B4E6

secondary

#F1E5D8

accent

#7818CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B4E6

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

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