#87C8EA#87C8EA

#87C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.082 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C8EA
RGB	rgb(135, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -11.98, -23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 26.21, 242.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0504 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.082 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4921, 52.3969, 85.5424)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C8EA #EAA987

analogous

#87EADB #87C8EA #8797EA

triadic

#87C8EA #EA87C8 #C8EA87

tetradic

#87C8EA #DB87EA #EAA987 #97EA87

square

#87C8EA #DB87EA #EAA987 #97EA87

split-complementary

#87C8EA #EA8797 #EADB87

monochromatic

#2596D2 #53B0E1 #87C8EA #BBE0F3 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#87C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#87C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C8EA

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C8EA	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ED1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.082 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed8f0',
    500: '#87c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c8ea;
$custom-light: #aed8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.606,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80129,
    "c": 0.08175,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C8EA

secondary

#C47951

accent

#5513D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C8EA

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

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