#87C7E8#87C7E8

#87C7E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.080 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C7E8
RGB	rgb(135, 199, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -11.98, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 25.72, 242.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0499 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.08 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9755, 51.8210, 83.9608)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C7E8 #E8A887

analogous

#87E8D8 #87C7E8 #8797E8

triadic

#87C7E8 #E887C7 #C7E887

tetradic

#87C7E8 #D887E8 #E8A887 #97E887

square

#87C7E8 #D887E8 #E8A887 #97E887

split-complementary

#87C7E8 #E88797 #E8D887

monochromatic

#2795CD #54AFDE #87C7E8 #BADFF2 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#87C7E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#87C7E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C7E8

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C7E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C7E8	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c7e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 199, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.080 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed8ef',
    500: '#87c7e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c7e8;
$custom-light: #aed8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c7e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.412,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79834,
    "c": 0.08023,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C7E8

secondary

#C17852

accent

#5516D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C7E8

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

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