#87B5EA#87B5EA

#87B5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.091 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B5EA
RGB	rgb(135, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(212, 70%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -1.79, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 31.33, 266.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0274 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.091 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3619, 44.1367, 84.1657)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B5EA #EABC87

analogous

#87E7EA #87B5EA #8A87EA

triadic

#87B5EA #EA87B5 #B5EA87

tetradic

#87B5EA #EA87E7 #EABC87 #87EA8A

square

#87B5EA #EA87E7 #EABC87 #87EA8A

split-complementary

#87B5EA #EA8A87 #E7EA87

monochromatic

#2575D2 #5395E1 #87B5EA #BBD5F3 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#87B5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#87B5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B5EA

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B5EA	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.091 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbf1',
    500: '#87b5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b5ea;
$custom-light: #aecbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.121,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76026,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B5EA

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7913D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B5EA

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

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