#87CBDB#87CBDB

#87CBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.072 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CBDB
RGB	rgb(135, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -17.40, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 22.80, 220.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0596 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.072 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1293, 52.9744, 74.9038)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CBDB #DB9787

analogous

#87DBC1 #87CBDB #87A1DB

triadic

#87CBDB #DB87CB #CBDB87

tetradic

#87CBDB #C187DB #DB9787 #A1DB87

square

#87CBDB #C187DB #DB9787 #A1DB87

split-complementary

#87CBDB #DB87A1 #DBC187

monochromatic

#359AB2 #58B7CD #87CBDB #B6DFE9 #E5F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#87CBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#87CBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CBDB

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CBDB	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.072 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addbe6',
    500: '#87cbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cbdb;
$custom-light: #addbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80239,
    "c": 0.07201,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CBDB

secondary

#B26654

accent

#4224C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CBDB

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

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