#87BCD7#87BCD7

#87BCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.068 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCD7
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 37%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -10.60, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 21.80, 240.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0426 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.068 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2366, 46.0213, 71.0396)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCD7 #D7A287

analogous

#87D7CA #87BCD7 #8794D7

triadic

#87BCD7 #D787BC #BCD787

tetradic

#87BCD7 #CA87D7 #D7A287 #94D787

square

#87BCD7 #CA87D7 #D7A287 #94D787

split-complementary

#87BCD7 #D78794 #D7CA87

monochromatic

#3984AB #59A2C8 #87BCD7 #B5D6E6 #E3EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#87BCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#87BCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCD7

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCD7	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.068 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add0e3',
    500: '#87bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bcd7;
$custom-light: #add0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.25,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76779,
    "c": 0.06754,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCD7

secondary

#E9D9D1

accent

#5B28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCD7

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

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