#87CAEF#87CAEF

#87CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.086 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CAEF
RGB	rgb(135, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -11.70, -24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 27.50, 244.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.051 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.086 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6868, 53.6207, 89.5343)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CAEF #EFAC87

analogous

#87EFE0 #87CAEF #8796EF

triadic

#87CAEF #EF87CA #CAEF87

tetradic

#87CAEF #E087EF #EFAC87 #96EF87

square

#87CAEF #E087EF #EFAC87 #96EF87

split-complementary

#87CAEF #EF8796 #EFE087

monochromatic

#1E9ADE #51B2E8 #87CAEF #BDE2F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#87CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#87CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CAEF

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CAEF	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BD4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.086 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedaf4',
    500: '#87caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87caef;
$custom-light: #aedaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.346,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80759,
    "c": 0.08565,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CAEF

secondary

#CA7C50

accent

#550DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CAEF

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

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