#87CEEA#87CEEA

#87CEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.081 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEEA
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -15.10, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 25.70, 234.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0575 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.081 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9090, 55.2308, 86.0147)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEEA #EAA387

analogous

#87EAD5 #87CEEA #879CEA

triadic

#87CEEA #EA87CE #CEEA87

tetradic

#87CEEA #D587EA #EAA387 #9CEA87

square

#87CEEA #D587EA #EAA387 #9CEA87

split-complementary

#87CEEA #EA879C #EAD587

monochromatic

#25A1D2 #53B9E1 #87CEEA #BBE3F3 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#87CEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#87CEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEEA

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEEA	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DD7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ceea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.081 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeddf0',
    500: '#87ceea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ceea;
$custom-light: #aeddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ceea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81444,
    "c": 0.0812,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEEA

secondary

#C47251

accent

#4913D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEEA

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

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