#87B4E9#87B4E9

#87B4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.091 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B4E9
RGB	rgb(135, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -1.51, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 31.25, 267.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0265 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.091 253)
XYZ	xyz(41.0161, 43.6742, 83.3437)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B4E9 #E9BC87

analogous

#87E5E9 #87B4E9 #8B87E9

triadic

#87B4E9 #E987B4 #B4E987

tetradic

#87B4E9 #E987E5 #E9BC87 #87E98B

square

#87B4E9 #E987E5 #E9BC87 #87E98B

split-complementary

#87B4E9 #E98B87 #E5E987

monochromatic

#2674D0 #5394E0 #87B4E9 #BBD4F2 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#87B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#87B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B4E9

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B4E9	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.091 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecaf0',
    500: '#87b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b4e9;
$custom-light: #aecaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.449,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7577,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.43677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B4E9

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#7A15D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B4E9

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

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