#87C8EC#87C8EC

#87C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.083 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C8EC
RGB	rgb(135, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -11.45, -24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 26.84, 244.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0497 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.083 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7810, 52.5125, 87.0641)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C8EC #ECAB87

analogous

#87ECDD #87C8EC #8795EC

triadic

#87C8EC #EC87C8 #C8EC87

tetradic

#87C8EC #DD87EC #ECAB87 #95EC87

square

#87C8EC #DD87EC #ECAB87 #95EC87

split-complementary

#87C8EC #EC8795 #ECDD87

monochromatic

#2296D7 #52B0E4 #87C8EC #BCE0F4 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#87C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#87C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C8EC

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C8EC	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DD2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.083 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed8f2',
    500: '#87c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c8ec;
$custom-light: #aed8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.386,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80206,
    "c": 0.08348,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C8EC

secondary

#C67B51

accent

#5711D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C8EC

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

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