#87C8DD#87C8DD

#87C8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.072 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C8DD
RGB	rgb(135, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(195, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -15.35, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 22.88, 227.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0552 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.072 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6926, 51.6771, 76.0649)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C8DD #DD9C87

analogous

#87DDC7 #87C8DD #879DDD

triadic

#87C8DD #DD87C8 #C8DD87

tetradic

#87C8DD #C787DD #DD9C87 #9DDD87

square

#87C8DD #C787DD #DD9C87 #9DDD87

split-complementary

#87C8DD #DD879D #DDC787

monochromatic

#3496B6 #57B2CF #87C8DD #B7DEEB #E6F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#87C8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#87C8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C8DD

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C8DD	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.072 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add8e7',
    500: '#87c8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c8dd;
$custom-light: #add8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.651,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79645,
    "c": 0.07225,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C8DD

secondary

#B46C54

accent

#4A22C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C8DD

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

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