#87BCDD#87BCDD

#87BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.073 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCDD
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -9.05, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 23.79, 247.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0404 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.073 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0217, 46.3353, 75.1747)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCDD #DDA887

analogous

#87DDD3 #87BCDD #8791DD

triadic

#87BCDD #DD87BC #BCDD87

tetradic

#87BCDD #D387DD #DDA887 #91DD87

square

#87BCDD #D387DD #DDA887 #91DD87

split-complementary

#87BCDD #DD8791 #DDD387

monochromatic

#3484B6 #57A1CF #87BCDD #B7D7EB #E6F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#87BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#87BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCDD

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCDD	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.073 236.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.023,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77007,
    "c": 0.07292,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCDD

secondary

#ECDDD4

accent

#6022C3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCDD

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

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