#87BCDB#87BCDB

#87BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.071 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCDB
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -9.57, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 23.10, 245.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0412 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.071 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7568, 46.2294, 73.7797)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCDB #DBA687

analogous

#87DBD0 #87BCDB #8792DB

triadic

#87BCDB #DB87BC #BCDB87

tetradic

#87BCDB #D087DB #DBA687 #92DB87

square

#87BCDB #D087DB #DBA687 #92DB87

split-complementary

#87BCDB #DB8792 #DBD087

monochromatic

#3584B2 #58A2CD #87BCDB #B6D6E9 #E5F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#87BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#87BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCDB

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCDB	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.071 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add0e6',
    500: '#87bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bcdb;
$custom-light: #add0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76931,
    "c": 0.07105,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCDB

secondary

#EBDCD3

accent

#5E24C1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCDB

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

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