#87BEE8#87BEE8

#87BEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.083 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BEE8
RGB	rgb(135, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -7.21, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 27.50, 254.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.039 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.083 242)
XYZ	xyz(42.9657, 47.8013, 83.2908)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BEE8 #E8B187

analogous

#87E8E1 #87BEE8 #878EE8

triadic

#87BEE8 #E887BE #BEE887

tetradic

#87BEE8 #E187E8 #E8B187 #8EE887

square

#87BEE8 #E187E8 #E8B187 #8EE887

split-complementary

#87BEE8 #E8878E #E8E187

monochromatic

#2785CD #54A2DE #87BEE8 #BADAF2 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#87BEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#87BEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BEE8

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BEE8	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.083 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed1ef',
    500: '#87bee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bee8;
$custom-light: #aed1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.979,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77876,
    "c": 0.08319,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.47804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BEE8

secondary

#F2E4D9

accent

#6616D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BEE8

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

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