#87C8DB#87C8DB

#87C8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.071 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C8DB
RGB	rgb(135, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(194, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -15.86, -15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 22.52, 225.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0559 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.071 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4277, 51.5712, 74.6700)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C8DB #DB9A87

analogous

#87DBC4 #87C8DB #879EDB

triadic

#87C8DB #DB87C8 #C8DB87

tetradic

#87C8DB #C487DB #DB9A87 #9EDB87

square

#87C8DB #C487DB #DB9A87 #9EDB87

split-complementary

#87C8DB #DB879E #DBC487

monochromatic

#3596B2 #58B2CD #87C8DB #B6DEE9 #E5F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#87C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#87C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C8DB

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C8DB	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.071 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add8e6',
    500: '#87c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c8db;
$custom-light: #add8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79573,
    "c": 0.07112,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C8DB

secondary

#B26A54

accent

#4824C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C8DB

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

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