#87BDCF#87BDCF

#87BDCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.062 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BDCF
RGB	rgb(135, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -13.15, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 19.70, 228.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0469 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.062 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4480, 46.0489, 65.8291)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BDCF #CF9987

analogous

#87CFBD #87BDCF #8799CF

triadic

#87BDCF #CF87BD #BDCF87

tetradic

#87BDCF #BD87CF #CF9987 #99CF87

square

#87BDCF #BD87CF #CF9987 #99CF87

split-complementary

#87BDCF #CF8799 #CFBD87

monochromatic

#3F859D #5BA5BE #87BDCF #B3D5E0 #DEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#87BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#87BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BDCF

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BDCF	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DC3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.062 220.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76707,
    "c": 0.06179,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BDCF

secondary

#E4D3CD

accent

#5130B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BDCF

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

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