#87C5FA#87C5FA

#87C5FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.099 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C5FA
RGB	rgb(135, 197, 250)
HSL	hsl(208, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(208, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 21.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -6.06, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 32.83, 259.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0414 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.099 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2073, 51.9822, 97.9699)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87C5FA #FABC87

analogous

#87FAF5 #87C5FA #878BFA

triadic

#87C5FA #FA87C5 #C5FA87

tetradic

#87C5FA #F587FA #FABC87 #8BFA87

square

#87C5FA #F587FA #FABC87 #8BFA87

split-complementary

#87C5FA #FA878B #FAF587

monochromatic

#118CF5 #4CA9F8 #87C5FA #C2E1FC #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#87C5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#87C5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C5FA

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C5FA	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC6FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BAF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55D2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 197, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.099 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd6fc',
    500: '#87c5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c5fa;
$custom-light: #afd6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.652,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80123,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C5FA

secondary

#D88D4D

accent

#6A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C5FA

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

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