#87BAEF#87BAEF

#87BAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.093 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BAEF
RGB	rgb(135, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(211, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(211, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -3.15, -31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 31.75, 264.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0319 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.093 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1254, 46.4980, 88.3472)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BAEF #EFBC87

analogous

#87EEEF #87BAEF #8887EF

triadic

#87BAEF #EF87BA #BAEF87

tetradic

#87BAEF #EF87EE #EFBC87 #87EF88

square

#87BAEF #EF87EE #EFBC87 #87EF88

split-complementary

#87BAEF #EF8887 #EEEF87

monochromatic

#1E7CDE #519BE8 #87BAEF #BDD9F6 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#87BAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#87BAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BAEF

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BAEF	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EC6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87baef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.093 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecef4',
    500: '#87baef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87baef;
$custom-light: #aecef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87baef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.577,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77306,
    "c": 0.09347,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BAEF

secondary

#F3E6D8

accent

#750DD9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BAEF

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

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