#87BEE5#87BEE5

#87BEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.080 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BEE5
RGB	rgb(135, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -8.01, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 26.32, 252.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0401 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.08 240)
XYZ	xyz(42.5432, 47.6323, 81.0657)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BEE5 #E5AE87

analogous

#87E5DD #87BEE5 #878FE5

triadic

#87BEE5 #E587BE #BEE587

tetradic

#87BEE5 #DD87E5 #E5AE87 #8FE587

square

#87BEE5 #DD87E5 #E5AE87 #8FE587

split-complementary

#87BEE5 #E5878F #E5DD87

monochromatic

#2B86C7 #55A3DA #87BEE5 #B9D9F0 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#87BEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#87BEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BEE5

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BEE5	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)

#ADBDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.080 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add1ed',
    500: '#87bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bee5;
$custom-light: #add1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.894,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77756,
    "c": 0.08008,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.47635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BEE5

secondary

#F0E2D8

accent

#6419CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BEE5

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

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