#87BAFA#87BAFA

#87BAFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.107 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BAFA
RGB	rgb(135, 186, 250)
HSL	hsl(213, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(213, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 25.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -0.09, -36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 36.87, 269.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0285 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.107 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8001, 47.1679, 97.1675)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87BAFA #FAC787

analogous

#87F4FA #87BAFA #8D87FA

triadic

#87BAFA #FA87BA #BAFA87

tetradic

#87BAFA #FA87F4 #FAC787 #87FA8D

square

#87BAFA #FA87F4 #FAC787 #87FA8D

split-complementary

#87BAFA #FA8D87 #F4FA87

monochromatic

#1176F5 #4C98F8 #87BAFA #C2DCFC #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#87BAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#87BAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BAFA

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BAFA	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BDFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B2F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 186, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.107 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcefc',
    500: '#87bafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bafa;
$custom-light: #afcefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.391,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77785,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BAFA

secondary

#F6E7D5

accent

#8000E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BAFA

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

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