#87CADE#87CADE

#87CADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.073 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CADE
RGB	rgb(135, 202, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(194, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -16.13, -16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 23.16, 225.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0572 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.073 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2924, 52.6630, 76.9241)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CADE #DE9B87

analogous

#87DEC6 #87CADE #879FDE

triadic

#87CADE #DE87CA #CADE87

tetradic

#87CADE #C687DE #DE9B87 #9FDE87

square

#87CADE #C687DE #DE9B87 #9FDE87

split-complementary

#87CADE #DE879F #DEC687

monochromatic

#3399B8 #57B5D1 #87CADE #B7DFEB #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#87CADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#87CADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CADE

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CADE	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 202, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.073 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addae8',
    500: '#87cade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cade;
$custom-light: #addae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.793,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80124,
    "c": 0.07322,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CADE

secondary

#B56A54

accent

#4721C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CADE

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

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