#87BED8#87BED8

#87BED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.068 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BED8
RGB	rgb(135, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -11.40, -18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 21.91, 238.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0448 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.068 229)
XYZ	xyz(40.7956, 46.9333, 71.8618)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BED8 #D8A187

analogous

#87D8CA #87BED8 #8796D8

triadic

#87BED8 #D887BE #BED887

tetradic

#87BED8 #CA87D8 #D8A187 #96D887

square

#87BED8 #CA87D8 #D8A187 #96D887

split-complementary

#87BED8 #D88796 #D8CA87

monochromatic

#3887AD #59A5C9 #87BED8 #B5D7E7 #E3F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#87BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#87BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BED8

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BED8	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.068 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add1e4',
    500: '#87bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bed8;
$custom-light: #add1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.259,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77256,
    "c": 0.06818,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.46936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BED8

secondary

#E9D9D1

accent

#5827BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BED8

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

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