#87CDFF#87CDFF

#87CDFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.100 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CDFF
RGB	rgb(135, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(205, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(205, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -8.93, -31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 32.56, 254.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.049 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.1 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8667, 56.0299, 102.7755)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CDFF #FFB987

analogous

#87FFF5 #87CDFF #8791FF

triadic

#87CDFF #FF87CD #CDFF87

tetradic

#87CDFF #F587FF #FFB987 #91FF87

square

#87CDFF #F587FF #FFB987 #91FF87

split-complementary

#87CDFF #FF8791 #FFF587

monochromatic

#0D9AFF #4AB4FF #87CDFF #C4E7FF #E0F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#87CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#87CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CDFF

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CDFF	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7C0FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FD9DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.100 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dcff',
    500: '#87cdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cdff;
$custom-light: #b0dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82049,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CDFF

secondary

#DF894B

accent

#6000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CDFF

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

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