#87CAFD#87CAFD

#87CAFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.099 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CAFD
RGB	rgb(135, 202, 253)
HSL	hsl(206, 97%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -7.90, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 32.58, 255.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0462 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.099 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8356, 54.4803, 100.8518)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87CAFD #FDBA87

analogous

#87FDF5 #87CAFD #878FFD

triadic

#87CAFD #FD87CA #CAFD87

tetradic

#87CAFD #F587FD #FDBA87 #8FFD87

square

#87CAFD #F587FD #FDBA87 #8FFD87

split-complementary

#87CAFD #FD878F #FDF587

monochromatic

#0F95FB #4BAFFC #87CAFD #C3E5FE #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#87CAFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#87CAFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CAFD

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CAFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CAFD	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BDFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51D6DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cafd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 202, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.099 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdafe',
    500: '#87cafd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cafd;
$custom-light: #afdafe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cafd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.932,
    "s": 96.721,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81321,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CAFD

secondary

#DC8A4C

accent

#6300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CAFD

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

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