#87C8DA#87C8DA

#87C8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.071 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C8DA
RGB	rgb(135, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -16.11, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 22.35, 223.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0563 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.071 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2964, 51.5187, 73.9787)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C8DA #DA9987

analogous

#87DAC3 #87C8DA #879FDA

triadic

#87C8DA #DA87C8 #C8DA87

tetradic

#87C8DA #C387DA #DA9987 #9FDA87

square

#87C8DA #C387DA #DA9987 #9FDA87

split-complementary

#87C8DA #DA879F #DAC387

monochromatic

#3696B0 #58B3CC #87C8DA #B6DDE8 #E5F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#87C8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#87C8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C8DA

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C8DA	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.071 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add8e5',
    500: '#87c8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c8da;
$custom-light: #add8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.012,
    "s": 52.866,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79538,
    "c": 0.07058,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C8DA

secondary

#B16955

accent

#4725C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C8DA

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

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