#87CEDD#87CEDD

#87CEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.074 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEDD
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -18.43, -14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 23.42, 218.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0624 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.074 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1095, 54.5110, 76.5373)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEDD #DD9687

analogous

#87DDC1 #87CEDD #87A3DD

triadic

#87CEDD #DD87CE #CEDD87

tetradic

#87CEDD #C187DD #DD9687 #A3DD87

square

#87CEDD #C187DD #DD9687 #A3DD87

split-complementary

#87CEDD #DD87A3 #DDC187

monochromatic

#349FB6 #57BBCF #87CEDD #B7E1EB #E6F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#87CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#87CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEDD

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEDD	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.074 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addde7',
    500: '#87cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cedd;
$custom-light: #addde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.465,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80976,
    "c": 0.07398,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEDD

secondary

#B46554

accent

#3E22C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEDD

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

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