#87C9FA#87C9FA

#87C9FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.097 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C9FA
RGB	rgb(135, 201, 250)
HSL	hsl(206, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(206, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 19.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -8.19, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 31.67, 255.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.046 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.097 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1276, 53.8229, 98.2767)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C9FA #FAB887

analogous

#87FAF1 #87C9FA #878FFA

triadic

#87C9FA #FA87C9 #C9FA87

tetradic

#87C9FA #F187FA #FAB887 #8FFA87

square

#87C9FA #F187FA #FAB887 #8FFA87

split-complementary

#87C9FA #FA878F #FAF187

monochromatic

#1194F5 #4CAFF8 #87C9FA #C2E3FC #E2F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#87C9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#87C9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C9FA

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C9FA	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BDF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54D5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 201, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.097 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd9fc',
    500: '#87c9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c9fa;
$custom-light: #afd9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.565,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80982,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C9FA

secondary

#D8884D

accent

#6200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C9FA

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

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