#87C4E8#87C4E8

#87C4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.081 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C4E8
RGB	rgb(135, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -10.40, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 26.17, 246.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0463 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.081 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2921, 50.4541, 83.7330)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C4E8 #E8AB87

analogous

#87E8DC #87C4E8 #8794E8

triadic

#87C4E8 #E887C4 #C4E887

tetradic

#87C4E8 #DC87E8 #E8AB87 #94E887

square

#87C4E8 #DC87E8 #E8AB87 #94E887

split-complementary

#87C4E8 #E88794 #E8DC87

monochromatic

#2790CD #54ABDE #87C4E8 #BADDF2 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#87C4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#87C4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C4E8

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C4E8	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.081 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed5ef',
    500: '#87c4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c4e8;
$custom-light: #aed5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.268,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79179,
    "c": 0.08092,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C4E8

secondary

#C17B52

accent

#5B16D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C4E8

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

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