#87B5EE#87B5EE

#87B5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.096 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B5EE
RGB	rgb(135, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(213, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(213, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -0.69, -33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 33.21, 268.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0262 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.096 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9431, 44.3691, 87.2263)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B5EE #EEC087

analogous

#87E8EE #87B5EE #8C87EE

triadic

#87B5EE #EE87B5 #B5EE87

tetradic

#87B5EE #EE87E8 #EEC087 #87EE8C

square

#87B5EE #EE87E8 #EEC087 #87EE8C

split-complementary

#87B5EE #EE8C87 #E8EE87

monochromatic

#1F73DC #5194E6 #87B5EE #BDD6F6 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#87B5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#87B5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B5EE

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B5EE	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.096 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbf3',
    500: '#87b5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b5ee;
$custom-light: #aecbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.204,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76199,
    "c": 0.09609,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B5EE

secondary

#F3E7D8

accent

#7D0ED7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B5EE

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

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