#87B5EB#87B5EB

#87B5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.092 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B5EB
RGB	rgb(135, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -1.52, -31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 31.79, 267.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0271 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.092 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5060, 44.1943, 84.9244)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B5EB #EBBD87

analogous

#87E7EB #87B5EB #8B87EB

triadic

#87B5EB #EB87B5 #B5EB87

tetradic

#87B5EB #EB87E7 #EBBD87 #87EB8B

square

#87B5EB #EB87E7 #EBBD87 #87EB8B

split-complementary

#87B5EB #EB8B87 #E7EB87

monochromatic

#2375D4 #5395E2 #87B5EB #BBD5F4 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#87B5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#87B5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B5EB

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B5EB	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.092 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbf1',
    500: '#87b5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b5eb;
$custom-light: #aecbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76069,
    "c": 0.09239,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B5EB

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#7A12D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B5EB

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

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