#87CBFF#87CBFF

#87CBFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.101 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CBFF
RGB	rgb(135, 203, 255)
HSL	hsl(206, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -7.87, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 33.10, 256.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0467 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.101 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3913, 55.0792, 102.6170)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CBFF #FFBB87

analogous

#87FFF7 #87CBFF #878FFF

triadic

#87CBFF #FF87CB #CBFF87

tetradic

#87CBFF #F787FF #FFBB87 #8FFF87

square

#87CBFF #F787FF #FFBB87 #8FFF87

split-complementary

#87CBFF #FF878F #FFF787

monochromatic

#0D96FF #4AB0FF #87CBFF #C4E6FF #E0F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#87CBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#87CBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CBFF

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CBFF	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BEFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50D8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 203, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.101 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0daff',
    500: '#87cbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cbff;
$custom-light: #b0daff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81619,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CBFF

secondary

#DF8B4B

accent

#6300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CBFF

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

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