#87BCCE#87BCCE

#87BCCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.061 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCCE
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -12.87, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 19.46, 228.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.046 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.061 221)
XYZ	xyz(39.1118, 45.5714, 65.1158)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCCE #CE9987

analogous

#87CEBD #87BCCE #8799CE

triadic

#87BCCE #CE87BC #BCCE87

tetradic

#87BCCE #BD87CE #CE9987 #99CE87

square

#87BCCE #BD87CE #CE9987 #99CE87

split-complementary

#87BCCE #CE8799 #CEBD87

monochromatic

#3F849B #5CA4BC #87BCCE #B2D4E0 #DEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#87BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#87BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCCE

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCCE	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.061 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd0dd',
    500: '#87bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bcce;
$custom-light: #acd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.211,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7645,
    "c": 0.06098,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.45574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCCE

secondary

#E4D3CD

accent

#5230B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCCE

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

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