#87BEE6#87BEE6

#87BEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.081 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BEE6
RGB	rgb(135, 190, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -7.75, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 26.71, 253.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0397 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.081 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6832, 47.6883, 81.8032)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BEE6 #E6AF87

analogous

#87E6DF #87BEE6 #878FE6

triadic

#87BEE6 #E687BE #BEE687

tetradic

#87BEE6 #DF87E6 #E6AF87 #8FE687

square

#87BEE6 #DF87E6 #E6AF87 #8FE687

split-complementary

#87BEE6 #E6878F #E6DF87

monochromatic

#2A86C9 #54A3DB #87BEE6 #BAD9F1 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#87BEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#87BEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BEE6

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BEE6	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBDE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 190, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.081 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add1ee',
    500: '#87bee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bee6;
$custom-light: #add1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77796,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BEE6

secondary

#F1E2D8

accent

#6418CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BEE6

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

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