#87CCFA#87CCFA

#87CCFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.095 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CCFA
RGB	rgb(135, 204, 250)
HSL	hsl(204, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(204, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 18.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -9.78, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 30.93, 251.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0495 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.095 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8338, 55.2352, 98.5121)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CCFA #FAB587

analogous

#87FAEE #87CCFA #8792FA

triadic

#87CCFA #FA87CC #CCFA87

tetradic

#87CCFA #EE87FA #FAB587 #92FA87

square

#87CCFA #EE87FA #FAB587 #92FA87

split-complementary

#87CCFA #FA8792 #FAEE87

monochromatic

#119AF5 #4CB3F8 #87CCFA #C2E5FC #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#87CCFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#87CCFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CCFA

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CCFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CCFA	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CBFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BFF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53D8DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ccfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 204, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.095 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdbfc',
    500: '#87ccfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ccfa;
$custom-light: #afdbfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ccfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81629,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CCFA

secondary

#D8854D

accent

#5C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CCFA

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

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