#87BED6#87BED6

#87BED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.067 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BED6
RGB	rgb(135, 190, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 37%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -11.91, -17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 21.35, 236.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0455 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.067 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5387, 46.8305, 70.5084)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BED6 #D69F87

analogous

#87D6C6 #87BED6 #8796D6

triadic

#87BED6 #D687BE #BED687

tetradic

#87BED6 #C687D6 #D69F87 #96D687

square

#87BED6 #C687D6 #D69F87 #96D687

split-complementary

#87BED6 #D68796 #D6C687

monochromatic

#3A87A9 #59A5C6 #87BED6 #B5D7E6 #E2EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#87BED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#87BED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BED6

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BED6	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 190, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.067 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add1e2',
    500: '#87bed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bed6;
$custom-light: #add1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.228,
    "s": 49.068,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77182,
    "c": 0.06664,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BED6

secondary

#E8D8D1

accent

#5629BC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BED6

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

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