#87C4E9#87C4E9

#87C4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.082 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C4E9
RGB	rgb(135, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -10.14, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 26.52, 247.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0459 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.082 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4345, 50.5110, 84.4832)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C4E9 #E9AC87

analogous

#87E9DD #87C4E9 #8793E9

triadic

#87C4E9 #E987C4 #C4E987

tetradic

#87C4E9 #DD87E9 #E9AC87 #93E987

square

#87C4E9 #DD87E9 #E9AC87 #93E987

split-complementary

#87C4E9 #E98793 #E9DD87

monochromatic

#2690D0 #53ABE0 #87C4E9 #BBDDF2 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#87C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#87C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C4E9

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C4E9	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.082 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed5f0',
    500: '#87c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c4e9;
$custom-light: #aed5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.653,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79218,
    "c": 0.08185,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C4E9

secondary

#C37C52

accent

#5C15D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C4E9

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

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