#87CAFE#87CAFE

#87CAFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.100 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CAFE
RGB	rgb(135, 202, 254)
HSL	hsl(206, 98%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -7.62, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 32.98, 256.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0459 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.1 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9954, 54.5442, 101.6930)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87CAFE #FEBB87

analogous

#87FEF6 #87CAFE #878FFE

triadic

#87CAFE #FE87CA #CAFE87

tetradic

#87CAFE #F687FE #FEBB87 #8FFE87

square

#87CAFE #F687FE #FEBB87 #8FFE87

split-complementary

#87CAFE #FE878F #FEF687

monochromatic

#0E94FD #4AAFFD #87CAFE #C4E5FF #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#87CAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#87CAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CAFE

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CAFE	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51D7DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 202, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.100 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdaff',
    500: '#87cafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cafe;
$custom-light: #afdaff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.218,
    "s": 98.347,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81363,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CAFE

secondary

#DE8B4B

accent

#6400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CAFE

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

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