#87BCED#87BCED

#87BCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.090 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCED
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -4.78, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 30.18, 260.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0349 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.09 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2558, 47.2290, 86.9411)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCED #EDB887

analogous

#87EDEB #87BCED #8789ED

triadic

#87BCED #ED87BC #BCED87

tetradic

#87BCED #EB87ED #EDB887 #89ED87

square

#87BCED #EB87ED #EDB887 #89ED87

split-complementary

#87BCED #ED8789 #EDEB87

monochromatic

#2180D9 #529EE5 #87BCED #BCDAF5 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#87BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#87BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCED

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCED	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.090 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0f3',
    500: '#87bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bced;
$custom-light: #aed0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.824,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7765,
    "c": 0.0898,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCED

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#6F0FD6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCED

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

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