#87BDCE#87BDCE

#87BDCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.061 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BDCE
RGB	rgb(135, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(194, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -13.39, -14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 19.50, 226.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0473 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.061 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3261, 46.0001, 65.1873)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BDCE #CE9887

analogous

#87CEBC #87BDCE #879ACE

triadic

#87BDCE #CE87BD #BDCE87

tetradic

#87BDCE #BC87CE #CE9887 #9ACE87

square

#87BDCE #BC87CE #CE9887 #9ACE87

split-complementary

#87BDCE #CE879A #CEBC87

monochromatic

#3F859B #5CA5BC #87BDCE #B2D5E0 #DEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#87BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#87BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BDCE

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BDCE	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.061 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd1dd',
    500: '#87bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bdce;
$custom-light: #acd1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76672,
    "c": 0.06119,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BDCE

secondary

#E4D2CD

accent

#5030B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BDCE

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

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