#87BDED#87BDED

#87BDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.089 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BDED
RGB	rgb(135, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -5.32, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 29.85, 259.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0361 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.089 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4702, 47.6577, 87.0126)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BDED #EDB787

analogous

#87EDEA #87BDED #878AED

triadic

#87BDED #ED87BD #BDED87

tetradic

#87BDED #EA87ED #EDB787 #8AED87

square

#87BDED #EA87ED #EDB787 #8AED87

split-complementary

#87BDED #ED878A #EDEA87

monochromatic

#2182D9 #52A0E5 #87BDED #BCDAF5 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#87BDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#87BDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BDED

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BDED	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FC8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.089 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0f3',
    500: '#87bded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bded;
$custom-light: #aed0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77865,
    "c": 0.08918,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BDED

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#6D0FD6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BDED

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

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