#87CDEB#87CDEB

#87CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.082 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CDEB
RGB	rgb(135, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -14.32, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 26.00, 236.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.056 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.082 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8131, 54.8085, 86.6934)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CDEB #EBA587

analogous

#87EBD7 #87CDEB #879BEB

triadic

#87CDEB #EB87CD #CDEB87

tetradic

#87CDEB #D787EB #EBA587 #9BEB87

square

#87CDEB #D787EB #EBA587 #9BEB87

split-complementary

#87CDEB #EB879B #EBD787

monochromatic

#239FD4 #53B7E2 #87CDEB #BBE3F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#87CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#87CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CDEB

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CDEB	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DD6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.082 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedcf1',
    500: '#87cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cdeb;
$custom-light: #aedcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81262,
    "c": 0.08194,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CDEB

secondary

#C57451

accent

#4C12D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CDEB

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

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