#87CDFD#87CDFD

#87CDFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.098 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CDFD
RGB	rgb(135, 205, 253)
HSL	hsl(204, 97%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(204, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 19%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -9.48, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 31.80, 252.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0496 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.098 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5464, 55.9018, 101.0887)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CDFD #FDB787

analogous

#87FDF2 #87CDFD #8792FD

triadic

#87CDFD #FD87CD #CDFD87

tetradic

#87CDFD #F287FD #FDB787 #92FD87

square

#87CDFD #F287FD #FDB787 #92FD87

split-complementary

#87CDFD #FD8792 #FDF287

monochromatic

#0F9BFB #4BB4FC #87CDFD #C3E6FE #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#87CDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#87CDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CDFD

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CDFD	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8C0FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51D9DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 205, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.098 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdcfe',
    500: '#87cdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cdfd;
$custom-light: #afdcfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.407,
    "s": 96.721,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81967,
    "c": 0.09785,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CDFD

secondary

#DC874C

accent

#5D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CDFD

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

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