#87CBDA#87CBDA

#87CBDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.072 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CBDA
RGB	rgb(135, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -17.65, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 22.68, 218.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.06 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.072 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9981, 52.9219, 74.2126)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CBDA #DA9687

analogous

#87DAC0 #87CBDA #87A2DA

triadic

#87CBDA #DA87CB #CBDA87

tetradic

#87CBDA #C087DA #DA9687 #A2DA87

square

#87CBDA #C087DA #DA9687 #A2DA87

split-complementary

#87CBDA #DA87A2 #DAC087

monochromatic

#369AB0 #58B7CC #87CBDA #B6DFE8 #E5F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#87CBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#87CBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CBDA

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CBDA	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.072 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addbe5',
    500: '#87cbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cbda;
$custom-light: #addbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.843,
    "s": 52.866,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80204,
    "c": 0.07159,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CBDA

secondary

#B16555

accent

#4125C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CBDA

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

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