#87BDFF#87BDFF

#87BDFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.110 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BDFF
RGB	rgb(135, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(213, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(213, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -0.32, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 38.00, 269.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0305 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.11 254)
XYZ	xyz(46.2332, 48.7629, 101.5643)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87BDFF #FFC987

analogous

#87F9FF #87BDFF #8D87FF

triadic

#87BDFF #FF87BD #BDFF87

tetradic

#87BDFF #FF87F9 #FFC987 #87FF8D

square

#87BDFF #FF87F9 #FFC987 #87FF8D

split-complementary

#87BDFF #FF8D87 #F9FF87

monochromatic

#0D7AFF #4A9BFF #87BDFF #C4DFFF #E0EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#87BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#87BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BDFF

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BDFF	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3C0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B4FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53CCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.110 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0ff',
    500: '#87bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bdff;
$custom-light: #afd0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78641,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.48766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BDFF

secondary

#F7E7D4

accent

#7E00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#111418

muted

#808286

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BDFF

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

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