#87BCDC#87BCDC

#87BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.072 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCDC
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -9.31, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 23.44, 246.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0408 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.072 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8889, 46.2822, 74.4751)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCDC #DCA787

analogous

#87DCD2 #87BCDC #8792DC

triadic

#87BCDC #DC87BC #BCDC87

tetradic

#87BCDC #D287DC #DCA787 #92DC87

square

#87BCDC #D287DC #DCA787 #92DC87

split-complementary

#87BCDC #DC8792 #DCD287

monochromatic

#3584B4 #58A2CE #87BCDC #B6D6EA #E6F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#87BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#87BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCDC

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCDC	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.072 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add0e7',
    500: '#87bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bcdc;
$custom-light: #add0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.588,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76969,
    "c": 0.07198,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCDC

secondary

#ECDCD3

accent

#5F23C2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCDC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →