#87C8EB#87C8EB

#87C8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.083 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C8EB
RGB	rgb(135, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -11.72, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 26.52, 243.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.05 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.083 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6361, 52.4545, 86.3011)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C8EB #EBAA87

analogous

#87EBDC #87C8EB #8796EB

triadic

#87C8EB #EB87C8 #C8EB87

tetradic

#87C8EB #DC87EB #EBAA87 #96EB87

square

#87C8EB #DC87EB #EBAA87 #96EB87

split-complementary

#87C8EB #EB8796 #EBDC87

monochromatic

#2396D4 #53B0E2 #87C8EB #BBE0F4 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#87C8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#87C8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C8EB

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C8EB	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ED2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.083 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed8f1',
    500: '#87c8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c8eb;
$custom-light: #aed8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80168,
    "c": 0.08261,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C8EB

secondary

#C57A51

accent

#5612D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C8EB

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

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