#87BEEB#87BEEB

#87BEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.086 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BEEB
RGB	rgb(135, 190, 235)
HSL	hsl(207, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(207, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -6.40, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 28.71, 257.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.038 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.086 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3955, 47.9732, 85.5542)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BEEB #EBB487

analogous

#87EBE6 #87BEEB #878CEB

triadic

#87BEEB #EB87BE #BEEB87

tetradic

#87BEEB #E687EB #EBB487 #8CEB87

square

#87BEEB #E687EB #EBB487 #8CEB87

split-complementary

#87BEEB #EB878C #EBE687

monochromatic

#2385D4 #53A2E2 #87BEEB #BBDAF4 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#87BEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#87BEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BEEB

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BEEB	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87beeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 190, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.086 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed1f1',
    500: '#87beeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87beeb;
$custom-light: #aed1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87beeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77998,
    "c": 0.08641,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BEEB

secondary

#F2E4D9

accent

#6912D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BEEB

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

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