#87BDCD#87BDCD

#87BDCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.061 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BDCD
RGB	rgb(135, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(194, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -13.64, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 19.32, 225.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0477 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.061 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2050, 45.9517, 64.5495)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BDCD #CD9787

analogous

#87CDBA #87BDCD #879ACD

triadic

#87BDCD #CD87BD #BDCD87

tetradic

#87BDCD #BA87CD #CD9787 #9ACD87

square

#87BDCD #BA87CD #CD9787 #9ACD87

split-complementary

#87BDCD #CD879A #CDBA87

monochromatic

#40859A #5CA5BB #87BDCD #B2D5DF #DDEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#87BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#87BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BDCD

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BDCD	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.061 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd1dc',
    500: '#87bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bdcd;
$custom-light: #acd1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76636,
    "c": 0.06063,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BDCD

secondary

#E3D2CD

accent

#4F31B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BDCD

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

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