#87CAEE#87CAEE

#87CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.085 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CAEE
RGB	rgb(135, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -11.97, -24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 27.18, 243.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0513 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.085 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5394, 53.5618, 88.7584)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CAEE #EEAB87

analogous

#87EEDE #87CAEE #8796EE

triadic

#87CAEE #EE87CA #CAEE87

tetradic

#87CAEE #DE87EE #EEAB87 #96EE87

square

#87CAEE #DE87EE #EEAB87 #96EE87

split-complementary

#87CAEE #EE8796 #EEDE87

monochromatic

#1F9ADC #51B2E6 #87CAEE #BDE2F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#87CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#87CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CAEE

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CAEE	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CD4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.085 232.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.971,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8072,
    "c": 0.08478,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CAEE

secondary

#C97A50

accent

#540ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CAEE

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

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