#87BDEC#87BDEC

#87BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.088 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BDEC
RGB	rgb(135, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -5.59, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 29.43, 259.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0365 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.088 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3245, 47.5995, 86.2453)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BDEC #ECB687

analogous

#87ECE9 #87BDEC #878AEC

triadic

#87BDEC #EC87BD #BDEC87

tetradic

#87BDEC #E987EC #ECB687 #8AEC87

square

#87BDEC #E987EC #ECB687 #8AEC87

split-complementary

#87BDEC #EC878A #ECE987

monochromatic

#2283D7 #52A0E4 #87BDEC #BCDAF4 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#87BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#87BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BDEC

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BDEC	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FC8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.088 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0f2',
    500: '#87bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bdec;
$custom-light: #aed0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.921,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77823,
    "c": 0.08807,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BDEC

secondary

#F2E5D9

accent

#6C11D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BDEC

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

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