#87CBDD#87CBDD

#87CBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.073 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CBDD
RGB	rgb(135, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(193, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -16.90, -15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 23.07, 222.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0588 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.073 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3942, 53.0803, 76.2988)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CBDD #DD9987

analogous

#87DDC4 #87CBDD #87A0DD

triadic

#87CBDD #DD87CB #CBDD87

tetradic

#87CBDD #C487DD #DD9987 #A0DD87

square

#87CBDD #C487DD #DD9987 #A0DD87

split-complementary

#87CBDD #DD87A0 #DDC487

monochromatic

#349BB6 #57B6CF #87CBDD #B7E0EB #E6F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#87CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#87CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CBDD

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CBDD	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.073 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addbe7',
    500: '#87cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cbdd;
$custom-light: #addbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8031,
    "c": 0.07295,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CBDD

secondary

#B46854

accent

#4422C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CBDD

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

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