#87B5CE#87B5CE

#87B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.061 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B5CE
RGB	rgb(135, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -9.16, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 19.78, 242.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0371 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.061 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6525, 42.6529, 64.6294)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B5CE #CEA087

analogous

#87CEC4 #87B5CE #8792CE

triadic

#87B5CE #CE87B5 #B5CE87

tetradic

#87B5CE #C487CE #CEA087 #92CE87

square

#87B5CE #C487CE #CEA087 #92CE87

split-complementary

#87B5CE #CE8792 #CEC487

monochromatic

#3F7B9B #5C9ABC #87B5CE #B2D0E0 #DEEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#87B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#87B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B5CE

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B5CE	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.061 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#accbdd',
    500: '#87b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b5ce;
$custom-light: #accbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.127,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74906,
    "c": 0.06076,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B5CE

secondary

#E4D5CD

accent

#5F30B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B5CE

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

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