#87BCDA#87BCDA

#87BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.070 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCDA
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -9.83, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 22.76, 244.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0415 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.07 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6256, 46.1769, 73.0884)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCDA #DAA587

analogous

#87DACF #87BCDA #8793DA

triadic

#87BCDA #DA87BC #BCDA87

tetradic

#87BCDA #CF87DA #DAA587 #93DA87

square

#87BCDA #CF87DA #DAA587 #93DA87

split-complementary

#87BCDA #DA8793 #DACF87

monochromatic

#3684B0 #58A2CC #87BCDA #B6D6E8 #E5F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#87BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#87BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCDA

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCDA	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.070 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add0e5',
    500: '#87bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bcda;
$custom-light: #add0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.687,
    "s": 52.866,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76892,
    "c": 0.07015,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCDA

secondary

#EADBD2

accent

#5D25C0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCDA

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

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