#87C5E7#87C5E7

#87C5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.080 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C5E7
RGB	rgb(135, 197, 231)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -11.20, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 25.68, 244.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0479 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.08 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3768, 50.8500, 83.0625)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C5E7 #E7A987

analogous

#87E7D9 #87C5E7 #8795E7

triadic

#87C5E7 #E787C5 #C5E787

tetradic

#87C5E7 #D987E7 #E7A987 #95E787

square

#87C5E7 #D987E7 #E7A987 #95E787

split-complementary

#87C5E7 #E78795 #E7D987

monochromatic

#2991CB #54ACDD #87C5E7 #BADEF1 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#87C5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#87C5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C5E7

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C5E7	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 197, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.080 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed6ee',
    500: '#87c5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c5e7;
$custom-light: #aed6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.25,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79358,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C5E7

secondary

#C07952

accent

#5817CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C5E7

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

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