#87BFDE#87BFDE

#87BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.073 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BFDE
RGB	rgb(135, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(201, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -10.38, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 23.64, 243.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0438 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.073 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8028, 47.6839, 76.0943)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BFDE #DEA687

analogous

#87DED1 #87BFDE #8794DE

triadic

#87BFDE #DE87BF #BFDE87

tetradic

#87BFDE #D187DE #DEA687 #94DE87

square

#87BFDE #D187DE #DEA687 #94DE87

split-complementary

#87BFDE #DE8794 #DED187

monochromatic

#3388B8 #57A5D1 #87BFDE #B7D9EB #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#87BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#87BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BFDE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B0BDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.073 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add2e8',
    500: '#87bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bfde;
$custom-light: #add2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.379,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77702,
    "c": 0.0731,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BFDE

secondary

#EDDDD4

accent

#5B21C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FC

border

#CFD2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BFDE

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

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