#87CBDE#87CBDE

#87CBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.073 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CBDE
RGB	rgb(135, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(193, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -16.64, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 23.23, 224.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0584 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.073 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5278, 53.1338, 77.0026)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CBDE #DE9A87

analogous

#87DEC5 #87CBDE #87A0DE

triadic

#87CBDE #DE87CB #CBDE87

tetradic

#87CBDE #C587DE #DE9A87 #A0DE87

square

#87CBDE #C587DE #DE9A87 #A0DE87

split-complementary

#87CBDE #DE87A0 #DEC587

monochromatic

#339BB8 #57B6D1 #87CBDE #B7E0EB #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#87CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#87CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CBDE

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CBDE	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.073 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addbe8',
    500: '#87cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cbde;
$custom-light: #addbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.103,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80345,
    "c": 0.07346,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CBDE

secondary

#B56954

accent

#4521C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CBDE

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

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