#87CBEC#87CBEC

#87CBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.083 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CBEC
RGB	rgb(135, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -13.02, -23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 26.45, 240.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0532 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.083 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4826, 53.9157, 87.2980)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CBEC #ECA887

analogous

#87ECDA #87CBEC #8798EC

triadic

#87CBEC #EC87CB #CBEC87

tetradic

#87CBEC #DA87EC #ECA887 #98EC87

square

#87CBEC #DA87EC #ECA887 #98EC87

split-complementary

#87CBEC #EC8798 #ECDA87

monochromatic

#229CD7 #52B4E4 #87CBEC #BCE2F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#87CBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#87CBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CBEC

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CBEC	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DD4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.083 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedaf2',
    500: '#87cbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cbec;
$custom-light: #aedaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.604,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80862,
    "c": 0.08292,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CBEC

secondary

#C67751

accent

#5111D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CBEC

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

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