#87CDEC#87CDEC

#87CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.083 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CDEC
RGB	rgb(135, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -14.06, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 26.26, 237.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0556 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.083 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9580, 54.8664, 87.4565)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CDEC #ECA687

analogous

#87ECD9 #87CDEC #879AEC

triadic

#87CDEC #EC87CD #CDEC87

tetradic

#87CDEC #D987EC #ECA687 #9AEC87

square

#87CDEC #D987EC #ECA687 #9AEC87

split-complementary

#87CDEC #EC879A #ECD987

monochromatic

#229FD7 #52B7E4 #87CDEC #BCE3F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#87CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#87CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CDEC

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CDEC	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CD6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.083 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedcf2',
    500: '#87cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cdec;
$custom-light: #aedcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.416,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.813,
    "c": 0.0827,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CDEC

secondary

#C67551

accent

#4D11D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CDEC

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

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