#87BDEB#87BDEB

#87BDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.087 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BDEB
RGB	rgb(135, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -5.87, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 29.01, 258.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0368 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.087 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1796, 47.5415, 85.4823)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BDEB #EBB587

analogous

#87EBE7 #87BDEB #878BEB

triadic

#87BDEB #EB87BD #BDEB87

tetradic

#87BDEB #E787EB #EBB587 #8BEB87

square

#87BDEB #E787EB #EBB587 #8BEB87

split-complementary

#87BDEB #EB878B #EBE787

monochromatic

#2383D4 #53A0E2 #87BDEB #BBDAF4 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#87BDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#87BDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BDEB

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BDEB	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.087 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0f1',
    500: '#87bdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bdeb;
$custom-light: #aed0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77782,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BDEB

secondary

#F2E4D9

accent

#6B12D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BDEB

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

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