#87CBEE#87CBEE

#87CBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.085 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CBEE
RGB	rgb(135, 203, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -12.49, -23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 27.04, 242.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0525 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.085 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7748, 54.0326, 88.8369)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CBEE #EEAA87

analogous

#87EEDD #87CBEE #8797EE

triadic

#87CBEE #EE87CB #CBEE87

tetradic

#87CBEE #DD87EE #EEAA87 #97EE87

square

#87CBEE #DD87EE #EEAA87 #97EE87

split-complementary

#87CBEE #EE8797 #EEDD87

monochromatic

#1F9BDC #51B4E6 #87CBEE #BDE2F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#87CBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#87CBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CBEE

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CBEE	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BD5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 203, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.085 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedaf3',
    500: '#87cbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cbee;
$custom-light: #aedaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.388,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80938,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CBEE

secondary

#C97950

accent

#530ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CBEE

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

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