#87CDEE#87CDEE

#87CDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.084 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CDEE
RGB	rgb(135, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -13.53, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 26.81, 239.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0549 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.084 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2502, 54.9833, 88.9953)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CDEE #EEA887

analogous

#87EEDB #87CDEE #8799EE

triadic

#87CDEE #EE87CD #CDEE87

tetradic

#87CDEE #DB87EE #EEA887 #99EE87

square

#87CDEE #DB87EE #EEA887 #99EE87

split-complementary

#87CDEE #EE8799 #EEDB87

monochromatic

#1F9FDC #51B7E6 #87CDEE #BDE3F6 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#87CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#87CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CDEE

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CDEE	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BD6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.084 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedcf3',
    500: '#87cdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cdee;
$custom-light: #aedcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.223,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81376,
    "c": 0.08425,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CDEE

secondary

#C97750

accent

#4F0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CDEE

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

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