#87C8DF#87C8DF

#87C8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.073 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C8DF
RGB	rgb(135, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -14.84, -17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 23.29, 230.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0544 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.073 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9606, 51.7843, 77.4766)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C8DF #DF9E87

analogous

#87DFCA #87C8DF #879CDF

triadic

#87C8DF #DF87C8 #C8DF87

tetradic

#87C8DF #CA87DF #DF9E87 #9CDF87

square

#87C8DF #CA87DF #DF9E87 #9CDF87

split-complementary

#87C8DF #DF879C #DFCA87

monochromatic

#3296BA #57B2D2 #87C8DF #B7DEEC #E7F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#87C8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#87C8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C8DF

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C8DF	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)

#BAC4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.073 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add8e9',
    500: '#87c8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c8df;
$custom-light: #add8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.682,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79718,
    "c": 0.07347,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C8DF

secondary

#B76E54

accent

#4B20C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C8DF

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

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