#87C8EF#87C8EF

#87C8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.086 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C8EF
RGB	rgb(135, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -10.65, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 27.85, 247.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0486 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.086 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2205, 52.6883, 89.3789)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C8EF #EFAE87

analogous

#87EFE2 #87C8EF #8794EF

triadic

#87C8EF #EF87C8 #C8EF87

tetradic

#87C8EF #E287EF #EFAE87 #94EF87

square

#87C8EF #E287EF #EFAE87 #94EF87

split-complementary

#87C8EF #EF8794 #EFE287

monochromatic

#1E96DE #51AFE8 #87C8EF #BDE1F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#87C8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#87C8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C8EF

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C8EF	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BD2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.086 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed8f4',
    500: '#87c8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c8ef;
$custom-light: #aed8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80324,
    "c": 0.08621,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C8EF

secondary

#CA7E50

accent

#590DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C8EF

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

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