#87CEED#87CEED

#87CEED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.083 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEED
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -14.31, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 26.45, 237.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0564 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.083 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3436, 55.4046, 88.3037)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEED #EDA687

analogous

#87EDD9 #87CEED #879BED

triadic

#87CEED #ED87CE #CEED87

tetradic

#87CEED #D987ED #EDA687 #9BED87

square

#87CEED #D987ED #EDA687 #9BED87

split-complementary

#87CEED #ED879B #EDD987

monochromatic

#21A1D9 #52B8E5 #87CEED #BCE4F5 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#87CEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#87CEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEED

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEED	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BD7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ceed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.083 227.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ceed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.235,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81557,
    "c": 0.08339,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEED

secondary

#C87551

accent

#4C0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEED

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

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