#87B4EE#87B4EE

#87B4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.097 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B4EE
RGB	rgb(135, 180, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -0.14, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 33.62, 269.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0249 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.097 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7405, 43.9639, 87.1588)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B4EE #EEC187

analogous

#87E8EE #87B4EE #8D87EE

triadic

#87B4EE #EE87B4 #B4EE87

tetradic

#87B4EE #EE87E8 #EEC187 #87EE8D

square

#87B4EE #EE87E8 #EEC187 #87EE8D

split-complementary

#87B4EE #EE8D87 #E8EE87

monochromatic

#1F71DC #5192E6 #87B4EE #BDD6F6 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#87B4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#87B4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B4EE

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B4EE	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 180, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.097 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecaf3',
    500: '#87b4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b4ee;
$custom-light: #aecaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.786,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75987,
    "c": 0.09693,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B4EE

secondary

#F3E7D8

accent

#7F0ED7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B4EE

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

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