#87CEDE#87CEDE

#87CEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.074 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEDE
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -18.18, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 23.53, 219.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0621 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.074 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2431, 54.5644, 77.2410)
Luminance	0.5457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEDE #DE9787

analogous

#87DEC2 #87CEDE #87A3DE

triadic

#87CEDE #DE87CE #CEDE87

tetradic

#87CEDE #C287DE #DE9787 #A3DE87

square

#87CEDE #C287DE #DE9787 #A3DE87

split-complementary

#87CEDE #DE87A3 #DEC287

monochromatic

#339FB8 #57BAD1 #87CEDE #B7E2EB #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#87CEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#87CEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEDE

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEDE	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.074 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedde8',
    500: '#87cede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cede;
$custom-light: #aedde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.034,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81011,
    "c": 0.0744,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEDE

secondary

#B56654

accent

#3F21C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEDE

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

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