#87CBFA#87CBFA

#87CBFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.096 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CBFA
RGB	rgb(135, 203, 250)
HSL	hsl(205, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(205, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 18.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -9.25, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 31.16, 252.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0483 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.096 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5969, 54.7614, 98.4331)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CBFA #FAB687

analogous

#87FAF0 #87CBFA #8791FA

triadic

#87CBFA #FA87CB #CBFA87

tetradic

#87CBFA #F087FA #FAB687 #91FA87

square

#87CBFA #F087FA #FAB687 #91FA87

split-complementary

#87CBFA #FA8791 #FAF087

monochromatic

#1198F5 #4CB2F8 #87CBFA #C2E4FC #E2F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#87CBFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#87CBFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CBFA

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CBFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CBFA	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CAFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BEF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53D7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cbfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 203, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.096 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdafc',
    500: '#87cbfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cbfa;
$custom-light: #afdafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cbfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.522,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81413,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CBFA

secondary

#D8864D

accent

#5E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CBFA

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

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