#87CCED#87CCED

#87CCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.084 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CCED
RGB	rgb(135, 204, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -13.28, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 26.63, 240.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0541 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.084 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8652, 54.4478, 88.1443)
Luminance	0.5445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CCED #EDA887

analogous

#87EDDB #87CCED #8799ED

triadic

#87CCED #ED87CC #CCED87

tetradic

#87CCED #DB87ED #EDA887 #99ED87

square

#87CCED #DB87ED #EDA887 #99ED87

split-complementary

#87CCED #ED8799 #EDDB87

monochromatic

#219DD9 #52B5E5 #87CCED #BCE3F5 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#87CCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#87CCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CCED

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CCED	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CD5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 204, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.084 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedbf3',
    500: '#87cced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cced;
$custom-light: #aedbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81119,
    "c": 0.08359,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CCED

secondary

#C87751

accent

#500FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CCED

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

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