#87BCDE#87BCDE

#87BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.074 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCDE
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -8.79, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 24.15, 248.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0401 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.074 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1553, 46.3888, 75.8784)
Luminance	0.4639 (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

#87BCDE #DEA987

analogous

#87DED4 #87BCDE #8791DE

triadic

#87BCDE #DE87BC #BCDE87

tetradic

#87BCDE #D487DE #DEA987 #91DE87

square

#87BCDE #D487DE #DEA987 #91DE87

split-complementary

#87BCDE #DE8791 #DED487

monochromatic

#3384B8 #57A1D1 #87BCDE #B7D7EB #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#87BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#87BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCDE

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCDE	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.074 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add0e8',
    500: '#87bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bcde;
$custom-light: #add0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.448,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77046,
    "c": 0.07387,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCDE

secondary

#EDDED4

accent

#6121C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FC

border

#CFD2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCDE

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

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