#87CAED#87CAED

#87CAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.084 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CAED
RGB	rgb(135, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -12.23, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 26.87, 242.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0517 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.084 232)
XYZ	xyz(46.3929, 53.5032, 87.9868)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87CAED #EDAA87

analogous

#87EDDD #87CAED #8797ED

triadic

#87CAED #ED87CA #CAED87

tetradic

#87CAED #DD87ED #EDAA87 #97ED87

square

#87CAED #DD87ED #EDAA87 #97ED87

split-complementary

#87CAED #ED8797 #EDDD87

monochromatic

#219AD9 #52B2E5 #87CAED #BCE2F5 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#87CAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#87CAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CAED

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CAED	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CD4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87caed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.084 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedaf3',
    500: '#87caed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87caed;
$custom-light: #aedaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87caed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.588,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80682,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.53506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CAED

secondary

#C87951

accent

#540FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CAED

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

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