#87CEEC#87CEEC

#87CEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.083 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEEC
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -14.58, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 26.19, 236.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0568 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.083 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1980, 55.3464, 87.5364)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEEC #ECA587

analogous

#87ECD8 #87CEEC #879BEC

triadic

#87CEEC #EC87CE #CEEC87

tetradic

#87CEEC #D887EC #ECA587 #9BEC87

square

#87CEEC #D887EC #ECA587 #9BEC87

split-complementary

#87CEEC #EC879B #ECD887

monochromatic

#22A1D7 #52B8E4 #87CEEC #BCE4F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#87CEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#87CEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEEC

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEEC	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CD7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ceec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.083 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeddf2',
    500: '#87ceec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ceec;
$custom-light: #aeddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ceec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.822,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81519,
    "c": 0.08264,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEEC

secondary

#C67451

accent

#4B11D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEEC

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

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