#87B4EF#87B4EF

#87B4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.098 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B4EF
RGB	rgb(135, 180, 239)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 24.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 0.14, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 34.11, 270.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0246 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.098 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8878, 44.0228, 87.9347)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B4EF #EFC287

analogous

#87E8EF #87B4EF #8E87EF

triadic

#87B4EF #EF87B4 #B4EF87

tetradic

#87B4EF #EF87E8 #EFC287 #87EF8E

square

#87B4EF #EF87E8 #EFC287 #87EF8E

split-complementary

#87B4EF #EF8E87 #E8EF87

monochromatic

#1E71DE #5192E8 #87B4EF #BDD6F6 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#87B4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#87B4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B4EF

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B4EF	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ADEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FC1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 180, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.098 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecaf4',
    500: '#87b4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b4ef;
$custom-light: #aecaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.038,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76031,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B4EF

secondary

#F3E7D8

accent

#800DD9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B4EF

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

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