#87CBEF#87CBEF

#87CBEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.085 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CBEF
RGB	rgb(135, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -12.22, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 27.35, 243.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0522 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.085 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9221, 54.0915, 89.6128)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CBEF #EFAB87

analogous

#87EFDF #87CBEF #8797EF

triadic

#87CBEF #EF87CB #CBEF87

tetradic

#87CBEF #DF87EF #EFAB87 #97EF87

square

#87CBEF #DF87EF #EFAB87 #97EF87

split-complementary

#87CBEF #EF8797 #EFDF87

monochromatic

#1E9BDE #51B4E8 #87CBEF #BDE2F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#87CBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#87CBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CBEF

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CBEF	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BD5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.085 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedaf4',
    500: '#87cbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cbef;
$custom-light: #aedaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80977,
    "c": 0.08542,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CBEF

secondary

#CA7A50

accent

#530DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CBEF

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

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