#87C8DC#87C8DC

#87C8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.072 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C8DC
RGB	rgb(135, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(194, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -15.61, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 22.69, 226.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0556 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.072 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5597, 51.6240, 75.3654)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C8DC #DC9B87

analogous

#87DCC6 #87C8DC #879DDC

triadic

#87C8DC #DC87C8 #C8DC87

tetradic

#87C8DC #C687DC #DC9B87 #9DDC87

square

#87C8DC #C687DC #DC9B87 #9DDC87

split-complementary

#87C8DC #DC879D #DCC687

monochromatic

#3596B4 #58B2CE #87C8DC #B6DEEA #E6F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#87C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#87C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C8DC

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C8DC	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.072 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add8e6',
    500: '#87c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c8dc;
$custom-light: #add8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79609,
    "c": 0.07167,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C8DC

secondary

#B36B54

accent

#4923C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C8DC

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

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