#87CAEC#87CAEC

#87CAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.083 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CAEC
RGB	rgb(135, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -12.50, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 26.56, 241.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.052 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.083 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2472, 53.4449, 87.2195)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CAEC #ECA987

analogous

#87ECDB #87CAEC #8797EC

triadic

#87CAEC #EC87CA #CAEC87

tetradic

#87CAEC #DB87EC #ECA987 #97EC87

square

#87CAEC #DB87EC #ECA987 #97EC87

split-complementary

#87CAEC #EC8797 #ECDB87

monochromatic

#229AD7 #52B3E4 #87CAEC #BCE1F4 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#87CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#87CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CAEC

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CAEC	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DD3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.083 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedaf2',
    500: '#87caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87caec;
$custom-light: #aedaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.198,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80643,
    "c": 0.08307,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CAEC

secondary

#C67851

accent

#5311D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CAEC

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

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